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drab flint, one inch long, and quite thick. It was found on Seneca 

 river. , 



Fig. 6y is a beveled arrow of drab flint, two inches long, and from 

 the same locality. Besides the bevel on each lateral edge, the basal 

 edge has also its bevel, which is not a common feature, and it is 

 more slender than is usual with implements of this type and size. 

 These are rarer here than farther west, and suggest scrapers. Those 

 which are large enough to be classed as spears are sometimes quite 

 slender. While the elaborate work distinguishes them from the 

 broad flaking of the under side of the common scraper, it is difficult 

 to assign any other use to the characteristic edge. At the same time, 

 this edge is sharp enough for many cutting purposes, the bevel 

 resembling that of a chisel. 



Fig. 68 is a rare form from Wood creek, east of Oneida lake. It 

 is of common flint, one and seven eighths inches long, indented but 

 not notched, and presenting curved lines in every part. Except in 

 the expanded base, it is much like one of the finest forms of knives, 

 and might have been used either for knife or arrow. 



Fig. 69 is a fair example of those arrows which end in a needle 

 point, though this point is scarcely as slender as in some others. 

 This is of drab flint, one and three quarters inches long, and was 

 found at the mouth of Chittenango creek, where it enters Oneida lake. 

 Such specimens are rarely perfect, but they often preserve the slender 

 point, even when broken elsewhere. This curious feature suggests 

 a union of the knife and drill. It has scarcely attracted attention 

 elsewhere, nor are good examples frequent in New York. The points 

 are too neatly worked to have been accidental, and they are too 

 delicate for any rough usage, thus leaving their purpose to be con- 

 jectured. 



Fig. 70 is quite another type, having convex edges and a slender 

 base. It is of drab flint, two and one quarter inches long, and may 

 have been either arrow or knife. It was found not far south of the 

 Seneca river. The point is rounded, which is its main distinction 

 from the next. Fig. 71 is not quite two inches long, and is of black 

 flint, with sharp and thin edges all around. It is found in the same 

 vicinity, and the same remarks apply to its use. This is straight and 



