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ternatus, a shell which belongs to the west 

 coast of Central America. This was found, 

 with other Indian relics, in Hartman's Cave, 

 near Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. Two small 

 arrow-points found in New Jersey a year or 

 more ago proved to be made of obsidian. 

 These specimens could only have come from 

 the far South-west or from Oregon, and the 

 probabilities are in favor of the latter locality. 

 It is not unlikely that objedls like the above 

 should find their way inland to the Great 

 Lakes, and so across the continent and down 

 the Atlantic coast. On the other hand, 

 arrow-points could have had so little intrinsic 

 value in the eyes of an Indian that we are 

 naturally surprised that they should have 

 been found so far from their place of origin. 

 Obsidian has occurred but very rarely east 

 of the Alleghanies, so far as I am aware. 

 In the Sharpies collection, at West Chester, 

 Pennsylvania, is a single specimen, reported 

 to have been found near that place, and a few 

 traces have since been discovered in the up- 

 lands immediately adjoining these Delaware 

 meadows, and really there is no reason to 

 suppose that objects of value should not have 

 passed quite across the continent, or been 



