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usual small hole for attachment, a large one 
found on the eastern coast of Florida, but 
seldom on the western coast. This tool, 
which came from Fikahatchee Key, perhaps 
was used like a spade the handle extending 
straight upward; or possibly the shell was 
placed at right angles to the handle which 
crossing the top of the shell entered the 
hole obliquely and was made fast with a 
thong. 
Ап implement (Fig. 25) from Goodland 
Point, Key Marco, has no hole of any sort 
and consequently no inserted handle was 
used in connection with it. Тһе upper, and 
heavier, part of the shell shows great wear, 
but as the beak 1з intact, bearing no trace of 
à cutting edge or of any use whatever, it is 
evident the tool was not used with the upper 
part held in the hand and the lower part to 
cut as а chisel, or to loosen the soil as a 
‘pick, as some tools closely resembling this 
one certainly were used. Therefore, we are 
inclined to believe the tool to have been 
employed as a kind of hammer or grinder, 
but as there is no evidence of chipping or 
battering, presumably it served in connec- 
tion with some comparatively soft material, 
such as Indian corn. 
An implement (Fig. 24), wrought from 
Fasciolaria, is greatly cut away for con- 
venience to the user and has a notch to the 
right and another to the left for the attach- 
ment of a handle. At Lossman's Key, from 
which this implement came, it was noted 
that a double notch was used more often 
than a hole and a notch or a double hole for 
the handle. 
As we have said before in this report, 
the small hole, or sometimes two holes, in 
the shell above the shoulder, or periphery, 
through which thongs or fiber bound the 
handle more firmly, were not always em- 
ployed. Almost invariably when these holes 
above the shoulder, a feature often 
Кіс. 23.—Shell implement. Goodland Point. 
(Length 11.35 inches.) 
