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G. Grooved near the middle. The class is represented by a beanti- 

 ful specimen (figure 114) of hematite, with the groove much polished 

 and irregular, and a deep notch cut in one end, from Ross county, Ohio. 

 Another specimen, from Kanawha valley, West Virginia, 

 is a double conical implement of hematite, elliptical in sec- 

 tion with both ends ground off on flatter sides only. 



D. Grooved lengthwise. This class includes a plummet 

 of quartzite, from Yellowstone park (figure 115), and another 

 of hematite, much 

 shorter than the Yel- 

 lowstone specimen and 

 with blunt ends, from 

 Kanawha valley. West Vn-ginia. 



E. Grooveless. A good specimen 

 (figure 116) is of quartz and mica, elliptical in section, pointed at ends 

 with one end perforated, from Yellowstone park ; another, from Randolph 

 county, Illinois, of hematite, rough, perhaps unfinished. 



F. Double cone, with one end ground off flat and hollowed 

 out. The type (figure 117) is of granite, 

 one of three from Savannah, Georgia. 



G. Top flattened and hollowed out; 

 sides incurving to the middle; lower 

 half a hemisphere. The class is repre- 

 sented by figure 118 (quartzite, from 

 Randolph county, Illinois), and figure 

 119 (sandstone, from Adams county, 

 Ohio). From Kanawha valley there 



Fig. 116.— Pinm. is ouc of hematite, similar in form to 



Fig. 115 — Plummet grooved lengthwise. 



met. groovelea; 



t. grooveieas, , . l ,c,*- 

 perforated. U\li iaSt. 



Fig. 117.— Plummet, double 

 coue in abape- 



H. Ovoid, with the smaller end ground off flat.' A good specimen of 



this class (figure 120) is of magnetite, 

 from Caldwell county, North Carolina. 

 From Savannah, Georgia, there are two 

 of sandstone, both smaller than the 

 type and rough; ft'om Kanawha valley 

 there is one of quartzite, nearly half 

 ground away, leaving almost a hemis- 

 l^here; and from eastern Tennessee 

 there are one of magnetite and one of 

 quartzite, the latter nearly round. 



/. Cylindrical. A unique specimen, 

 from a mound in Loudon county, Ten- 

 nessee, is illustrated in figure 121. It 

 Fia. 118.— Plummet. is of saudstonc ; a short cylinder with 



incurved sides, each end terminating in a blunt cone. 



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' Pear-shaped stones with the smaller end cut squarely off are frequent in Georgia; they are about 

 the size of turkey eggs. Jones, Antiq. Southern Indians, p. 372. 



