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material is a brownish drab flint, and it was found south of the Oneida 

 river. It would have served quite as well as a knife. Fig. 1 10 is one 

 of the simpler forms, with rounded stem, but ruder than in some 

 examples, partly from its material. This is white translucent quartz, 

 which allows little opportunity for delicate work. This form is fre- 

 quent in many materials, and a beautiful one of chalcedony, with 

 slightly rounded base, and four and one eighth inches long, comes 

 from the town of Van Buren, south of the Seneca river. It is quite 

 broad, with convex edges, and is slightly mottled. A much larger 

 one, of reddish brown jasper, six and one quarter inches long, and 

 three inches wide, has a point so broad and rounded as to suggest a 

 spade. This is from Brewerton, and is coarsely chipped, though fine 

 in outline. 



Fig. in is a fine beveled spear-head of drab flint, found on the 

 Seneca river southwest of Three River Point. It is three and seven 

 sixteenths inches long, and about one and one eighth inches broad. 

 This is narrow for a beveled spear-head, and of course there is a 

 possibility of its being used as a scraper. In this example there is a 

 notch in each lateral edge and the base is slightly wider than the 

 blade. Simple notched forms like this are frequent in many sizes 

 and materials, but beveled implements are much rarer. Many spear- 

 heads occur with straight sides, but these are rarely parallel. The 

 last four figures, all on one plate, are represented three fourths of 

 the actual diameter. 



Fig. 112 is a fine notched spear-head, with a small base. It is of 

 common flint, six inches long, and the greatest width is nearly mid- 

 way, where it reaches two inches. It comes from Baldwinsville, and, 

 like most spears, is quite symmetrical. One much like it, but of light 

 blue flint, was found at Cross lake. This approaches the double 

 notched form. Fig. 113 has also a small base, and one perfectly 

 simple. It is of a grey flinty limestone, and comes from the town of 

 Elbridge. It is a trifle over six inches long, with an extreme width 

 of one and three quarters inches, and is very symmetrical and neatly 

 worked. ! 



Fig. 114 is a beautiful notched spear or knife, made of a material 

 much resembling moss agate, and often used in these larger imple- 



