NOTES ON THE TEN THOUSAND ISLANDS, FLORIDA. 463 
Lossman’s Key, near Cape Sable, one of the largest keys of the Ten Thousand 
Islands, was again visited by us and its two shell deposits—one more than ten acres 
in extent—were carefully examined. The larger deposit, rich in aboriginal imple- 
ments, has been recently cleared of the hammock growth formerly upon it. While 
there we almost walked upon the wires of a loaded spring-gun set for deer or 
panther—one of the chances one takes in exploring this wild and lawless region. 
The reader of our former reports on the Florida Keys may recall that in the 
shell deposits there are many implements wrought from 
entire shells. These implements, sometimes whole, but 
much oftener broken or greatly worn, lie among great 
numbers of unwrought conchs and other shells, as is 
well shown in the picture of a cultivated field on Choko- 
loskee Key (Fig. 20). 
In our search for these implements we were con- 
stantly aided by the inhabitants—especially by children 
who, laboring in hope of substantial reward, had put 
aside, to await our coming, all desirable shells found on 
the surface or turned up by the plow. In this way, by 
our own efforts and by those of others we accumulated a retomar der P 
very large collection of implements. These implements 
we believe to have served mainly as chisels, gouges, adzes, scrapers, hammers, and 
grinders, and especially as hoes and picks in the cultivation of the soil. These 
picks and hoes were used with fairly short handles, 
those employing them assuming a squatting posi- 
tion, after the manner of less-advanced peoples at 
the present time when cultivating the ground. 
The results of our two seasons' labors were 
added in part to our collection in the Academy of 
Natural Sciences in Philadelphia and in part were 
sent to various museums in this country, in South 
America, and in Europe. 
Before describing new types of shell imple- 
ments found by us in our last two seasons' work, 
we wish to correct an error into which we have 
fallen. In a former report’ we say, “There is a‏ س 
MEE eee [2.2 inches 019919 Small hole above the shoulder, or periphery [of 
the shell], which seems, as a rule, to have had no 
connection with the tool, inasmuch as numbers of shells, not made into implements, 
show a similar perforation, which may have been made to sever the muscle and 
free the shell-fish from its shell.” 
1“ Miscellaneous Investigation in Florida,” page 316. Journ. Acad. Nat. Sei. of Phila., Vol 
XIII, 1905. 
