170 PREHISTORIC FISHING. 



The next group shows four sinkers encircled by a groove near the narrower 

 extremity . 



Fio. 286. Tennessee. Flo. 287. Louisiana. Flo. 288. Tennessee. Fio. 289. Missouri. 



(16739). (G0640). (34521). (35474). 



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FIGS. 286-289. Stone sinkers. 



Fig. 286. This specimen is made of a brown ferruginous stone, neither 

 hematite nor clay-iron stone, and softer than ferruginous quartz. It exhibits a 

 tolerably regular pear-shape, is slightly truncated at the upper end, and polished. 

 From Tennessee. Presented by the Rev. E. H. Randle. 



Fig. 287. A pear-shaped sinker with somewhat rounded apex, from which 

 the groove is farther distant than in the other specimens of similar form. It 

 consists of yellowish-brown quartzite. The object is regularly shaped, and its 

 surface smoothed. It was found in Morehouse Parish, Louisiana, and belongs 

 to a series of sinkers and other relics presented to the National Museum by Mr. 

 B. H. Brodnax, of Planters ville, in Morehouse Parish. 



Fig. 288. This specimen, obtusely pointed at both ends, is made of specular 

 iron, and highly polished. Like other sinkers of this kind, yet to be described, 

 it is as symmetrical in form as though it had been turned in a lathe. Obtained 

 in Carroll County, Tennessee, and presented by Mr. Randle. 



Fig. 289. This object, made of red hematite, resembles in shape the original 

 of Fig. 288, but is more slender, and not so well polished. It was found in 

 Saint Charles County, Missouri, and sent by Mr. Gr. A. Slatery. 



The following series comprises five sinkers truncated at the upper end. 



Fig. 290. A quartzite sinker found near Tampa Bay, Florida, It is of a 

 flattened pear-shape, and though tolerably well worked, appears somewhat rude, 

 when compared with the other specimens of this group. Sent by Mr. S. T. 

 Walker. 



Fig. 291. This specimen, of elegant form and good workmanship, consists 

 of brown clay-iron stone, composed of concentric layers, the outer of which has 



