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gaUons searched diligently for manufactured stone implements 

 without success. In newer superfi'iial deposits I find thera 

 often enough in "N'ova Scotia. They are often found in Indian 

 graves, if we are to believe the old labels on museum specimens. 

 "We have a fine collection of arrow-heads made of jasper, quartz, 

 and porphyrite, with abundance of beautiful chips presented 

 by Mr. Anderson, of Lunenburg. These were found at 

 Bockman's Beach in the same county, with needles, etc, made 

 of native copper. The place was evidently an arrow-maker's 

 camp. We have similar collections from Covnwallis and 

 Antigonish. We certainly do not regard these as of very great 

 antii^uity, although prehistoric. Another interesting collection 

 of stone arrow-heads and chips with a sharp and polished horn- 

 bleudic (jade like) chisel was presented by "W. H. Reynolds 

 from British Columbia. These are from a battle field of which 

 the present races of Indians have no knowledge. They 

 accompany human skulls, the most of which are too much 

 decomposed for handling. Some large pieces, however, are in 

 the collection, having many teeth in place. These certainly 

 indicate comparatively recent age. All the arrow-heads of our 

 collections resemble European implements or the stone age. 



57. In the Reunion of the Society Geologiqiie de France, 

 1867 — at Pte. Ste. Maxence, already referred to, our director 

 took out of a superficial deposit some pieces of flint, and com- 

 pared them with wrought flints of Abbeville. This reminiscence 

 brings up another of 1862. The discovery of flint implements 

 at Abbeville, in France, and their bearing upon the Antiquity 

 of Man, was a subject of much discussion with Geologists and 

 and Geological Societies. Some believed that they were of 

 preadamic age ; others post-adamic. Some even suggested the 

 possibility of recent fabrication. In connection with the last 

 eupposition Prof. Tennant had just made a curious discovery. 

 A certain character from Yorkshire commonly called Fossil 

 Willie, and Flint Jack, frequented his shop with specimens 

 for disposal. On one occasion he introduced me to him. Some 

 of his specimens were flint arrow-heads. Our friend Tennant 

 was a very shrewd man. Something or other caused him to 



