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inches below the surface in a garden, but whether it had been inten- 

 tionally buried or had been on the surface could not be determined. 

 The specimen had been broken and the fractured edges of the original 

 perforation, which had passed through the middle, were later smoothed 



Fig. 4. — a and h, two views of part of a large bannerstone made of 

 banded slate, found near Red Hill School, Albemarle County. After being 

 broken, this half had been perforated and the fractured edges polished. Nat- 

 ural size, c, probable outline of the bannerstone as originally made, before 

 being broken. ^ natural size. (U.S.N.M. No. 364588.) 



and polished. In this restored condition it continued to be used. Two 

 views of this interesting object are given in figure 4. The material is 

 banded slate, light gray in color, which does not occur in this part of 

 the country, and it is believed that the specimen came originally from 



