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nowhere else. They vary from almost triangular to nearly circular. 

 This one is of common flint, with conspicuous but obtuse serrations 

 at the broad end, and is one and one half inches long. Some others 

 there are much more finely and sharply serrate, but this serration is 

 along one of the longer sides. They probably had some local use. 



A very remarkable class of scrapers, combining the knife with 

 these, occurs in but very moderate numbers, and somewhat local at 

 that. They may be nearly straight, or very much curved, and there 

 is usually a tang at the base, resembling a handle, drawn out into a 

 shoulder on each side. They are quite likely to have been used in 

 fashioning bows and arrows, for which the combination of a convex 

 knife with a concave scraper admirably fitted them. Perhaps less 

 than a dozen have been found in New York. Fig. 190 is a perfect 

 example from the Seneca river, made of brown and drab flint, and 

 three inches long. This is the typical form, much like that of a curved 

 sword with its cross hilt. One much more curved, but unfortunately 

 a little broken, is from Brewerton. It is of common hornstone, two 

 and one half inches long, and has the deepest curve of any yet re- 

 ported. Out of several which do not essentially differ from these, 

 may be mentioned one of a gritty brown flint, which is one and one 

 eighth inches long. Fig. 191 represents this, which came from the 

 Oswego river. At the point there is a knob-like expansion. A very 

 odd one comes from Cross lake, and is made of a light grey flint, one 

 and seven eighths inches long. It is more angular than others, but 

 the blade does not present so decided a curve. In others the scraper 

 edge is quite as decidedly developed, and they grade into nearly 

 straight forms with the same features. In all the concave edge of the 

 blade is quite thick, while the convex edge is comparatively thin and 

 sharp. In the supplement to his illustrations of the Smithsonian col- 

 lections, Dr Rau figured a fine example from Ohio, about two inches 

 long, but they are not described by Abbott among New Jersey arti- 

 cles, or by Fowke among those farther west and south. None have 

 been reported in Canada, and they seem practically a New York im- 

 plement, local even there. The advantage of the combination and the 

 peculiar form will be readily seen. 



A still rarer form, in fact quite unique, is one which did not return 

 from a scientific mission, greatly to the owner's sorrow. Fig. 192 is 



