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of dark green jasper, and was found on a small camp site on the 

 Seneca river. It is broadly flaked, and the upper end is notched as 

 if for suspension. The remarkable features, however, are the angular 

 central projection of the broad scraper end, and its continuance on 

 either side beyond the lateral lines. The length is one and seven 

 eighths inches. It is greatly to be desired that this unique article 

 should be recovered, from its local and general value. For the 

 present the finder can only depend on his record and figure. 

 Notches, apparently for suspension, are sometimes found in these and 

 other articles. 



Stemmed scrapers often have the outlines of arrows, and are dis- 

 tinguished only by the edge. Some were made from broken arrow- 

 heads, and these are readily identified by the under surface. Fig. 193 

 is like the long-stemmed bunts, but is a true scraper, somewhat 

 coarsely chipped. This variety has been described in New Jersey 

 and elsewhere. The material is a grey flinty limestone, two inches 

 long, which is larger than the ordinary size. A long and ruder one, 

 however, also from the Seneca river, is three and one quarter inches 

 in length. It is quite thick, and has an unusually long stem. 



Others of this general form have a slightly expanded base, as in 

 the bunts. Fig. 194 is a good example of these, of brown flint, one 

 and one eighth inches long, which comes from the Seneca river. A 

 frequent short and very wide form has some general resemblance to 

 these, but is in many ways quite distinct. They suggest what is some- 

 times called the sheaf of wheat pattern, and are often made of the 

 bases of broken arrows, but the form was often the original design. 

 Fig. 195 is a good example, and quite thick. It is of common horn- 

 stone, seven eighths of an inch long, and one and one quarter inches 

 wide, but the base does not expand below the broad shoulders, and 

 presents a rounding outline. Fig. 196 is broader, being one and v one 

 half inches wide, with the same length. It is of drab flint, more 

 angular than the last, and has distinct barbs and an expanding base. 

 It was always a scraper. This is true of another, even more angular, 

 made of dark flint, three quarters of an inch long, and one and one 

 quarter inches wide. Fig. 197 is another fine scraper of this type. 

 It is of brown flint, one and one eighth inches long, and one and 



