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show clearly the character of the fabric. The restoration given in 

 Fig. 104 represents an average mesh, others being finer anil others 

 coarser. Another specimen from the same collection is shown in Fig. 

 105. The impression is not very distinct, but there is an apparent 

 doubling of the cords, indicating a very unusual combination. It is 



Fig. 105.— Net from the pottery of North Carolina. 



possible that this may have come from the imperfect imprinting, but I 

 can detect no indications of a shifting of the net upon the soft clay. 



Many interesting examples could be given, both from the ancient and 

 modern work of the inhabitants of the Pacific coast, but for the present 

 I shall content myself by presenting a single example from the Lake 

 Dwellings of Switzerland (Fig. 10G): 



Fig. 106.— Net from the Swiss Lake Dwellings. Keller, plate, csxx. 



MISCELLANEOUS FORMS. 



The forms of fabrics used by the ancient tribes of the Middle and 

 Northern Atlantic States in the manufacture and ornamentation of their 

 ] lottery have differed materially from those used in the South and West. 

 As a rule the fragments are smaller and the impressions less perfectly 

 preserved. The fabrics have been more complicated and less carefully 

 applied to the vessel. In many cases the impressions seem to have been 

 made from disconnected bands, belts, or strips of cloth. Single cords. 



