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Fig. 10 was found within another enclosure in the same county. It differs from 

 the first only in respect of size. 



Fig. 11 was found on the site of an old Seneca town, in the town of Livonia, 

 Livingston county. It resembles the other in shape, but is of darker color, and 

 not so well burned. The difference to be observed between it and the others may 

 be ascribed entirely to the difference in the clay composing it. 



Fig. 12. This is a greatly reduced representation of an article of stone found 

 near Mount Morris, in Livingston county, and now in the New York State Cabi- 

 net at Albany. It is composed of " soap stone," and in shape corresponds gene- 

 rally with the pipes of stone found in the mounds of the Mississippi Valley. If 

 intended for a pipe, which seems most likely, it was never finished, as the cavity 

 of the bowl is merely indicated. One or two pipes of stone of very nearly the 

 same shape have been found in this vicinity, but in point of symmetry or finish 

 they are in no way comparable to those of the mounds. 



Some pipes of precisely the same material, and of identical workmanship with 

 those found in the ancient enclosures, have been discovered in modern Indian 

 graves, in Cayuga county. One of these, in the form of a bird, and having eyes 

 made of silver inserted in the head, is now in possession of the author. Various 

 articles of European or American manufacture were found in the same grave. 



The most beautiful terra cotta which I found in the State, and which in point of 

 accuracy and delicacy of finish is unsurpassed by any similar article which I have 

 seen of aboriginal origin, is the head of a fox, of which Fig. 13 is a full-size 

 engraving. The engraving fails in conveying the spirit of the original, which is 

 composed of fine clay, slightly burned. It seems to have been once attached to a 

 body, or perhaps to a vessel of some kind. It closely resembles some of the 



