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Fig. 297. Cast of a specimen formerly belonging to Dr. E. H. Davis, and 

 now in the Blackmore Museum, at Salisbury, England. It is figured by Mr. 

 Stevens and described by him as " a plummet-like object of talc, grooved at one 

 end, and with the other end worked to a corresponding point."* Squier and 

 Davis represent a similar specimen of more graceful form. They call these 

 relics " pendants," and state that they " are of frequent occurrence in the vicinity 

 of the ancient works, though seldom found, if indeed found at all, in the ancient 

 mounds themselves. "f The original of Fig. 297 was found in Ohio. 



Fig. 298. This specimen bears some resemblance to the original of Fig. 

 297, but it bulges less in the middle, and its lower end expands and terminates 

 in a conoid. The material of this well-polished object is a dark-green, compact 

 kind of greenstone, somewhat porphyritic in structure. It belongs to a collec- 

 tion of relics from Madison Township, in Franklin County, Ohio, which were 

 presented to the National Museum by Mr. W. R. Limpert, of Groveport, in the 

 same township. They were not taken from mounds, but were found by farmers 

 while ploughing. 



I 

 FIG. 299. Stone sinker. Ohio. (16034). 



Fig. 299. A well-polished sinker of specular iron, provided with two 

 grooves, the lower one of which runs in an oblique direction. It was taken from 

 a mound in Licking County, Ohio, and presented by Mr. W. Anderson. 



The following class comprises sinkers in which the upper part is worked 

 into the shape of a knob. 



Fig. 300 (on page 174). This sinker is of a flattened pear-shape, being one 

 inch and three-eighths thick in the middle, and apparently made of fine-grained 

 granite. The surface is entirely decomposed and rough. From Beverly, Essex 

 County, Massachusetts. Presented by Mr. Levi Cole. 



Fig. 301 (on page 174). A specimen of more regular form, consisting of 

 feldspathic rock. The surface is rough, in consequence of weathering. Found at 

 Eastport, Washington County, Maine, and presented by the Rev. E. Vetromile. 



* Stevens: Flint Chips ; p. 500. 



t Squier and Davis : Ancient Monuments ; p. 235. 



