132  SMITHSONIAN    MISCELLANEOUS    COLLECTIONS  VOL.    96 
Three  examples:  Cut  2,  24  inches  (2)  (pi.  33,  fig.  7).  Cut  9,  24 
inches. 
Four  specimens  do  not  belong  to  any  of  the  above  groups.  One  of 
them,  plate  33,  figure  8  (excavated  by  an  Eskimo),  has  four  barbs  on 
both  inside  and  outside;  otherwise  it  conforms  to  type  2.  Plate  33, 
figure  9  (cut  19,  24  in.)  is  unique  in  being  regularly  triangular  in 
cross-section  ;  it  has  a  single  notched  elevation  opposite  the  lashing  slot. 
From  their  distribution,  the  small  and  relatively  simple  types  i  and 
I  a  appear  older  than  types  2  and  2  a.  The  latter  two  types  were 
contemporary,  for  two  type  2  and  two  type  2  a  prongs  were  found  all 
in  a  group  together  in  cut  2. 
The  notched  elevations,  one  to  three  in  number,  opposite  the  lashing 
slot  (pi.  33,  figs.  5,  6),  belong  to  the  later  period  (Early  Punuk) 
rather  than  to  the  Old  Bering  Sea,  for  they  are  found  on  a  majority 
of  the  complete  specimens  of  type  2  and  also  on  most  of  the  broken 
specimens  (of  uncertain  type)  from  the  later  sections  of  the  midden. 
The  use  of  small  circular  holes,  sometimes  plugged  with  baleen,  as 
decorations  around  the  lashing  slot  is  another  feature  associated  with 
the  later  type. 
Two  badly  weathered  fragmentary  side  prongs  were  found  at  the 
Hillside  site.    They  were  small  and  apparently  belonged  to  type  i. 
End  points  for  bird  darts. — There  is  no  very  good  evidence  as  to 
the  nature  of  the  single  points  which  were  set  in  the  end  of  the  bird 
darts.  The  only  specimen  from  Miyowagh  which  is  at  all  comparable 
to  the  long  heavy  points  used  on  modern  bird  darts  (see  Nelson,  pi. 
59,  figs.  7-10)  is  that  shown  in  plate  33,  figure  11,  from  cut  9,  24 
inches  deep.  It  is  roughly  triangular  in  cross-section  with  two  pairs 
of  opposite  barbs  and  a  plain  conical  tang.  Plate  33,  figure  10  (cut 
19,  34  in.)  seems  also  to  have  been  an  end  point;  the  barbs  are  placed 
alternately  instead  of  opposite,  and  there  is  a  longitudinal  ridge  down 
each  side,  giving  it  a  lozenge  shape  in  cross-section  ;  the  tang  is  rough- 
ened. Plate  33,  figure  12  (cut  20,  30  in.)  may  have  been  an  end  point ; 
it  has  a  long  sharp  tang  and  three  barbs.  Two  other  doubtful  examples 
are  shown  in  plate  33,  figures  13  and  14  (cut  18,  18  in.,  and  cut  9, 
24  in.)  ;  the  first  has  two  barbs  (partly  removed  by  secondary  cutting) 
and  the  second,  one  barb;  both  have  plain  tangs.  Plate  33,  figure 
15  (cut  19,  38  in.)  is  the  only  example  of  an  end  point  which  was 
lashed  in  place ;  for  this  purpose  it  was  provided  with  a  scarfed  sur- 
face on  the  inside,  with  the  opposite  edge  notched. 
The  only  end  point  found  at  the  Hillside  site  was  the  badly  weath- 
ered specimen  shown  in  plate  29,  figure  5.  It  has  a  conical  tang  and  a 
line  hole  made  by  connecting  two  round  drilled  holes.    There  are 
