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PREHISTORIC FISHING. 



shows a portion of the marrow-cavity of the bone. This specimen, found in one 

 of the Madisonvillc ash-pits or graves, was sent to tho National Museum, with a 

 view to further my work, by the Hon. Joseph Cox. Its possessor is the Hon. 

 Samuel F. Covington, of Cincinnati. 



FIG. 192. Ohio (Madisonville). Fio. 193. New York. 



FIGS. 192 and 193. Fish-hooks of bone and deer-horn. 



Fig. 192. Another fine specimen from the Madisonville cemetery, and, like 

 the original of Fig. 191, owned by Mr. S. F. Covington. This carefully-worked 

 and polished hook is somewhat flattish at the upper end of the shank, while 

 the remaining portion, excepting the curve where the marrow-cavity appears, 

 presents a roundish form. I have not seen any other bone fish-hook found in 

 the United States which is pierced for suspension. The hole is placed near 

 the extremity of the shank, and carefully drilled from both sides. This 

 specimen shows a yellowish color. 



Fig. 193. The figure, representing a deer-horn fish-hook, is copied from a 

 drawing kindly sent by the Rev. W. M. Beauchamp, of Baldwinsville, Onondaga 

 County, New York. This specimen was found, in 1880, by a laborer on what is 

 called the Atwell Site, in Pompey Township, Onondaga (or Madison) County, 

 New York,* and is in possession of Mr. L. W. Ledyard, of Cazenovia, in Mad- 

 ison County of that state. The hook being provided with a barb, Mr. Beau- 

 champ thinks that it was made, in imitation of the European fish-hook, by an 

 Onondaga Indian in the seventeenth century. There was an earthwork and ditch 

 on the site, which has yielded deer-horn forks or combs, bone punches, awls of 

 deer-horn, clay pipes, some of them exhibiting curiously intertwined human 



* "The site," says Mr. Beauchamp, " is commonly described as being on Lot 44, Pompoy, Onondaga County, 

 but is more strictly in Madison County." These counties, of course, are contiguous. 



