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Obviously, half an inch added to the width, or a doubling in thick- 

 ness, would have produced more resistance in the air than a much 

 greater increase in length. At the same time, for certain purposes 

 and where the range was short, as in the shooting of bears or fish, 

 neither an* increase in weight or breadth would have been a disad- 

 vantage. In a general way, more than one form would be found in 

 the quiver, even while a special object was kept in view. Sir John 

 Franklin unexpectedly met a party of Eskimo in 1825. These at 

 once changed their hunting arrows for those of war, showing that 

 they were well supplied with both. This distinction of kinds proba- 

 bly went much farther. The hunting arrows themselves were 

 adapted for different kinds of game. 



Fig. 81 is another of these small arrow-heads, made of dark flint, 

 and one and one quarter inches long. Fig. 82 is a little smaller, being 

 one and one eighth inches in length. Fig. 83 is a fine arrow of white 

 quartz, two inches long. All these are from the Seneca river, and 

 others of these simple stemmed forms present many variations. 



Fig. 84 is a large and broad arrow-head of drab flint, from Onon- 

 daga lake. It is quite thin, and is two and one quarter inches long. 

 This would have served quite as well for a knife, and is notched and 

 well worked. Fig. 85 is from the same vicinity, and is more dis- 

 tinctly notched, and also much narrower. It is of blue flint, and is 

 two and one eighth inches long. The base is slightly wider than the 

 blade. This form is quite frequent in larger sizes. Fig. 86 is a very 

 neat notched arrow-head, from the same place. It is made of com- 

 mon hornstone, and is one and three quarters inches in length, being 

 both thin and symmetrical. Fig. 87 is quite curious, and comes from 

 Oak Orchard, on the Oneida river. It is made of olive slate, of 

 uniform thickness, and the edges alone are worked, much like a 

 scraper. Arrows made of stratified material are hardly rare, but 

 slates like this are seldom seen adapted to such uses. 



Fig. 88 is a large barbed arrow, nearly two and one quarter inches 

 in length, and made of a bluish drab flint, variegated with white 

 quartz. It was found, with others of similar material, near Three 

 River Point. The barbs are well preserved, and the work is good. 

 Fig. 89 is a small notched arrow of brown flint, one inch long, and 



