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About half remains of a large celt found on the Seneca River, 

 and made of polished greenstone. The fragment is now seven and 

 one fourth inches long by three and five eighths broad, and is two 

 inches thick. There are few New York celts as massive as this. 

 One of the four sided angular celts from Oneida Lake is of light 

 drab sandstone, and has the lower surface or back about half the 

 width of the upper, which is a frequent proportion in these. It is 

 nine and three eighths inches by two and seven eighths on this 

 broad surface, and is correspondingly thick. Another from Brewer- 

 ton has all the angles rectangular in section, and is about half as 

 thick as wide. It is eight and one half inches by two and five 

 eighths broad. One from Van Buren made of polished black 

 basalt, nine and five eighths by two inches, has the upper side an- 

 gular, and the lower side partly angular, partly rounded. Occasion- 

 ally a celt is very broad, as is one of mottled greenstone from Onon- 

 daga, which is three and five eighths inches by two and three 

 eighths broad. The general outline of this is a broad ellipse. 



A frequent form, but of polished green slate, comes from Seneca 

 Lake. It is almost pointed at the top, but moderately thin and 

 generally rounded. It measures five and three fourths inches by 

 two and one eighth wide. A larger angular one, from the same 

 place, has the ends rounded, and one broad surface as usual. The 

 sides are sloping and the back narrow. It is of grey slate, ten 

 inches long by two and one half wide. An angular six sided celt 

 from the Seneca River, is of a hard grey stone, five and one fourth 

 inches long by two and one half broad. A broad celt of greenstone 

 from Cayuga County, straight on one side and curved on the other, 

 may be an adze. It has a central perforation, much enlarged on 

 both sides. It is five and one half inches long by two and three 

 eighths wide, and is one and one eighth thick. It is a rare 

 form in every way. One of the narrow celts, flattened on one side 

 and raised on the other, and suggestive of boat stones, comes from 

 Binghamton. It is nearly sharp at both ends, and is four and three 

 eighths inches long. > 



Several of the long cylindric celts have been found in various 

 places, and among them is one of black slate from Schoharie 



