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three-eighths of an inch thick, but, as in other specimens of the same kind, be- 

 comes gradually thinner toward the ends. It has a tolerably sharp cutting-edge. 

 The specimen was found at Blackstone, Worcester County, Massachusetts, and 

 belongs to the series of New England relics acquired from Mr. J. H. Clark. 



FIG. 330. Stone fish-cutter. Massachusetts. (17938). 



The original of Fig. 331 is in possession of Mr. F. Roulet, of Newark 

 Valley, Tioga County, New York, and the illustration was made after an exact 

 cast taken by one of the modelers of the National Museum. This specimen, 

 which consists of a reddish-brown, mottled, ferruginous slate, was found on the 

 flats of Owego Creek, near Newark Valley. It probably had originally a greater 

 depth, which gradually became less by grinding. The cutting-edge is beveled 

 from both sides. The back is in the middle half an inch thick, and afforded, 

 like that of the first-described specimen, a convenient handle. 



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 FIG. 331. Stone fish-cutter. New York. (58520). 



Fig. 332 represents a large, unfortunately defective, cutter of gray slate, 

 found on the bank of the Schuylkill, near Norristown, Montgomery County, 

 Pennsylvania, and presented to the National Museum by Mr. J. H. Mcllvaine. 

 In this specimen the back is only five-sixteenths of an inch thick in the middle, 

 and, considering the size of the implement, which measured more than nine 

 inches in length when complete, is too insignificant to afford a firm grasp. It is 

 therefore obvious that the blade was originally inserted, or intended to be 



