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finish was in prospect for the outside, which is quite rude. The 

 broad handle projects one and one fourth inches, and has five 

 straight grooves on the upper side, at right angles to the vessel. 

 Straight rims, however, are often found. 



Fig. 78 is a curious piece of potstone, somewhat like a door knob. 

 It seems complete, and is neatly finished, but has no assignable use. 

 When worked all over, however, steatite might seem finished in any 

 stage. It comes from Onondaga Lake, and is two inches long, one 

 and one half wide, and one deep. 



Fig. 79 shows a notched potstone rim, and this form is frequent. 

 Some rims have simply acute notches, while in other fragments they 

 have a rounded form. The perforations are well known. Many 

 fragments are curiously grooved, and one has two grooved edges 

 and two perforations. It is now three and one fourth by two and 

 three fourths inches across. 



Fig. 80 is a potstone sinker, made from the curving side of a 

 broken vessel. Grooves encompass it near each end. This is two 

 and three eighths by one and one eighth inches, and one much like 

 it has been found at Owego. The one figured is from the Seneca 

 River. 



Fig. 81 is a handsome notched and grooved handle, with part 

 of the notched rim. The projection and width are each one and 

 one half inches. This is a frequent size of handles. Fig. 83 is 

 another broader and heavier handle, being from a heavy vessel found 

 by the Seneca River, and then entire. It was left exposed, broken 

 by frost, and carried off in fragments. If circular it would have 

 been 13^ inches in diameter at the rim. The under side of the han- 

 dle is smooth, and blackened with use. The upper is adorned with 

 cross grooves. The projection is two and one fourth inches. Sev- 

 eral carved handles might be described, and they project from one 

 to three inches or more, with a corresponding width. In the Rome 

 example, the projection is one and one fourth, with a width of two 

 and three fourth inches. 



STONE PLUMMETS 



A very interesting class of stone implements is that of the plum- 

 mets, which are somewhat local in New York. They have a very 



