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figures 62, of argillite, from a mound, Caldwell county, Xorth Oaroliua; 

 03, of black fliuty slate, very hard, from a mouud, Poiusett couuty, Arkan- 

 sas; and fi4, of argillite, from a mound, Monroe couuty, Tennessee. 



Pig. 62.— ThiTi polishod celt. 



i'Hi. (J3.— Thiu piilislied celt. 



Gouges. 



I-'IG. t)4.— ihiu jiolishcd colt. 



While there are perliaps no true gouges in the collectiou, there are 

 someexami)les of a form between a celt and a gouge, illustrated in figure 

 65, of serpeutine, from Caldwell county, North Carolina. 



Implements of thi.s form are known to have been used to tap sugar 

 maples, and also to hollow out wooden troughs, and are very common 



