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Returning to the Henriques specimen, we get some light on 
the use of the toboggan from the fact that under the ancient system 
women of certain high rank were not permitted to walk—they were 
carried. Itseems to me that this specimen may well have been the 
private car of some chiefess who preferred this mode of traveling. 
In support of this I would refer to the position of the side ropes 
placed so as not to interfere with the seating space; the number of 
ropes, indicating that numerous retainers were at command, and 
their arrangement, such that the toboggan could be perfectly con- 
trolled and so avoid an accident that might upset the august person- 
age or cause herdiscomfort. Were the toboggan intended for human 
couveyance the position naturally taken would be a seat, cross- 
legged or otherwise, with the weight of the body on the rear end of 
the sled and the block asa brace for the feet. The excessive wear 
on the under surface at this place indicates sucha probability. The 
precautions taken and the number of men required would hardly 
be necessary, and the wear on the under surface would have been 
more evenly distributed were the sled used for the transportation of 
freight. The fact that the toboggan was impregnated with salt, 
and its resemblance to the bow of a canoe savors more of the sea 
than the hills; the presence of salt would be accounted for if one 
use of the sled was to carry Kaneamuna to and from the ocean; 
it was stated that surf riding was one of her amusements. 
The use of any sled by a woman must have been a departure from 
custom which was sufficiently novel to impress it on the memory of 
fourteen generations, but it could not have become general among 
women, or there would have been no comment at all. The use of 
a sled of this type must have been an isolated case, or infrequent, or 
it would hardly have escaped attention so long. I cannot but be- 
lieve that the tradition refers to the Henriques specimen. 
THE GREGSON SPECIMEN. 
An interesting specimen has been loaned by Mr. Harry 
Gregson (Fig. 5). Itis of heavy, laminated basalt. The bulb- 
ous end is fairly evenly divided into four lobes by broad, shallow 
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