42 January 1749. 



grey pot-ftone, and fome are made of 

 another fpecies of apyrous ilone -, the bot- 

 tom and the margin are frequently above 

 an inch thick. The Indians, notwithstand- 

 ing their being unacquainted with iron, 

 fteel, and other metals, have learnt to 

 hollow out very ingeniouily thefe pots or 

 kettles of pot-ftone. 



The old tobacco-pipes of the Indians are 

 likewife made of clay, or pot-fcone, or 

 ferpentine-ftone. The firft fort are lTiaped 

 like our tobacco-pipes, though much 

 coarfer and not fo well made. The tube 

 is thick and fhort, hardly an inch long, 

 but fometimes as long as a linger -, their 

 colour comes neareft to that of our tobac- 

 co-pipes which have been long ufed. Their 

 tobacco-pipes of pot-ftone are made of 

 the fame Ilone as their kettles. Some of 

 them are pretty well made, though they 

 had neither iron nor fteel. But befides 

 thefe kinds of tobacco-pipes, we find ano- 

 ther fort of pipes, which are made with 

 great ingenuity, of a very fine, red pot- 

 ftone, or a kind of ferpentine marble. 

 They are very fcarce, and feldom made ufe 

 of by any other than the Indian Sachems, or 

 elders. The fine red ftone, of which thefe 

 pipes are made, is likewife very fcarce, 

 and is found only in the country of thofe 

 5 Indians 



