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STONE IMPLEMENTS 



(kth. avn. 15 



anotlit'i- <iuaiiy is lociited. The outcioi)s are limited, l)ut cliaracter- 

 istic fragments of worked steatite aud three rather rude chisels were 

 fouiul, two of whieh are shown in figures 23 and 24. 



t^UARRIES NKAK OLNEY 



During a sliort stay at "Fair Hill," the residence of JNIr llieliard 

 Kirk, at Oluey, Maryland, my attention was called to a number of rude 

 soapstone dishes that lay strewn about the grounds, and Mrs Charles 



Fig. 24 — Implomant used in cnttinij steatite; from quarry in Howard County, '>rarylan(l. 



Kirk liad in her possession an excellent specimen of the two-jioint 

 chisel-pick (shown in figure 25). Ancient quarries are located in the 

 meadows below the house and in the adjoining woods on IJrooke grove 

 farm; they are now almost obliterated by recent qiuirrying and by 

 farming over the sites. Worked pieces of steatite and specimens of 

 the tools used are still occasionally picked up in the vicinity. The 

 rude vessels are all of usual tyi)es, and no example was seen that 

 approaches at all near a finish. 



