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to bottom, of unequal diameter, but each broadest at the base. The 

 material is striped slate, and it was found on the east side of Cayuga 

 Lake. 



Fig. 155 has a slightly curved base, with a convex sweep; the upper 

 surface having a much greater convexity. A groove is carried 

 through the base, hollowing it as in the true boat stones. It is of 

 green slate, striped, and has two holes; these, as in other cases, 

 being drilled from the lower side, and are broad on that surface and 

 small above. This was found on the east side of Onondaga Lake, 

 and is three and three fourths inches long, one and one eighth wide, 

 and three fourths of an inch high. The outline of this and the last, 

 from above, is very nearly a parallelogram. 



Fig. 156 has a broad broken end, which has been smoothed, and 

 this is perforated somewhat like the amulets; a terminal hole inter- 

 secting that bored from base to top. The other end resembles the 

 tails of bird amulets, but is unperforated. Another hole, however, 

 goes from base to ridge, being intersected by a lateral basal groove. 

 Both this groove and the terminal perforation, of course, are second- 

 ary. On what was the central apex is a small nipple, frequently 

 found in this class of articles. The perfect end has slight notches, 

 and the material is brown slate. The present length is three and 

 one eighth inches) and it is one and one eighth in height. This 

 interesting example of original design and secondary work is from 

 the Oswego River. , , 



Fig. 157 is of green striped slate, five and one half inches long and 

 one and three eighths high. It was found north of Cross Lake, 

 and has the two customary perforations, one before and one behind 

 the central and prominent nipple. It is a fine example of this form. 

 Some smaller Ohio specimens have quite a pyramidal outline, and 

 the nipple is like a small ball. 



Fig. 158 is of the same slate, and somewhat like a low pyramid, 

 but the opposite sides do not quite meet at the top. It is four and 

 one fourth inches long, one and one half wide, and one and one 

 fourth high. This has neither perforation nor excavation, and is 

 from the Seneca River. 



