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near the Seneca river bridge. Some call this form a spud and 
it has been previously reported only from Wisconsin and Minne- 
sota. It now belongs to Mr Harris of Rome N. Y. 
Fig. 24 has an outline much like that of our modern knives. | 
It is rare in New York but seems more common in Canada and 
elsewhere. It was found in Cayuga county and has a few of 
the usual raised lines. This is a good example of this form. 
Fig. 78 is a much larger one in Mr W. L. Hildburgh’s collee: 
tion, found in Livingston county. His note is that “a meadow 
lark’s wing was found bound on this.” What evidence there is 
of this is not stated. Such knives have been found originally 
wrapped in fur, retaining traces and sometimes portions of this, 
for the salts of copper often preserved perishable articles. 
There are many New York examples of native copper articles 
having a socket for the handle, made by turning up the edge. 
A fine example is in the Smithsonian collection, whieh was found 
in Tompkins county, N. Y. Fig. 2 shows this much reduced, the 
actual length being 9 inches. The socket is less artistically 
wrought than some and the back of the blade is rounded. It 
is quite thin for its size. 
Fig. 18 is a very fine spearhead of this type, found near Seneca 
river, lot 75, Lysander, in 1893. It is in the Bigelow collection 
and is 6{ inches long. The back is ridged and the socket moder- 
ately expanded toward the base. The flanges are neatly 
turned inward and there is the frequent angle between the 
socket and blade against which the shaft abutted. The inside 
surface of the socket is perfectly smooth, as though the shaft 
had decayed within it. A lateral view of this is given and no 
better example has been found here. 
Fig. 383 is another found on Wolfe island, opposite Cape Vin- 
cent N. Y., now in the collection of Dr A. A. Getman of Chau- 
mont N. Y. The finder bored a hole in the base for suspension, 
but the writer omitted this misleading feature. The socket 
expands toward the base as usual and occupies nearly half the 
length of the implement. It is also depressed but has not so 
abrupt a shoulder as the last. 
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