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and browner than the one preceding it. Fig. 55 is of the same 

 brownish hornstone, but perhaps more like limestone, and less neatly 

 chipped than the others. It is also more symmetrical. It is one 

 and five sixteenths inches long. The first may be considered extreme 

 forms of these. 



Fig. 56 has a double curved base, angular in the center, and is of 

 an obscurely banded dark blue flint, rather thick, and two inches 

 long. It comes from Seneca river, where there are many modifica- 

 tions of the form. Fig. 57 is from Wood creek, east of Oneida lake, 

 an early thoroughfare in historic times, but less so at an earlier day. 

 It is of common flint, two inches long, and has the double curved 

 base more deeply notched than the last. It has also a much narrower 

 and more rounded base, this being less wide than the main part of 

 the arrow. They are sometimes distinctly barbed, rather than 

 shouldered. A beautiful one of variegated brown flint, two inches 

 long, comes from near the Seneca river. . ' 



Fig. 58 is from the same vicinity, and is of a light brown flint, 

 with two black bands appearing on one surface. It is quite thin, 

 and is one and one quarter inches long, the base being seven eighths 

 of an inch wide, this being the broadest part. The form is quite odd 

 in several respects, being somewhat angular, and with straight con- 

 verging sides. Fig. 59 is another broad and peculiar form, less 

 prominently notched than the last, but almost as nearly triangular. 

 It is of drab flint, and quite thick. The length is two and one half 

 inches, and the breadth one and five eighths inches. It comes from 

 the Seneca river, and might be called either arrow or knife. It 

 would be rather heavy for the former, unless used at close quarters 

 or in shooting fish. It must be remembered that much of the primi- 

 tive forest archery was at short range. 



Fig. 60 is much like the last in outline, though with a deeper base, 

 like some preceding forms. It is small for so neatly made an imple- 

 ment, being considerably less than an inch in length. This is of 

 light colored flint, and is also from the Seneca river. The surface is 

 even, and the outline very symmetrical. Fig. 61 resembles the last, 

 but is a ruder specimen, being quite thick and ridged through the 

 center. It is of dark flint, one inch long. This form is quite abundant 



