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Fig. 187 is nearly elliptical, but the wings terminate in points. 

 It has one deep indentation, like the last. It is of thin striped slate, 

 thickened in the middle as usual, and the dimensions are five and 

 one half in width by two and five eighths inches deep. This was 

 found four feet below the surface by the outlet of Chautauqua Lake, 

 above Jamestown. 



Fig. 188 is also of striped slate, with an orifice averaging five 

 eighths of an inch. It came from Camillus, and is of the butterfly 

 form, but differs from most specimens in not having the wings in a 

 plane. It is rather thick, and is four and five eighths wide by one 

 and seven eighths inches deep. Those as heavy as this of course 

 might have served some useful purpose, but they are not sharpened 

 and show no marks of use. The perforation is larger than would be 

 required for mere suspension, and it seems reasonable that a handle 

 or staff was inserted in this. The difference in the terminal diam- 

 eters of the orifice is usually an eighth of an inch. 



Fig. 189 approaches a long heart shape, indented at each end, and 

 with the customary central ridge. It is of olive green slate, and 

 much narrower for its depth than usual, though many have this gen- 

 eral form. The larger diameter of the orifice is seven sixteenths of 

 an inch, and the stone is two and three fourths wide by four and 

 one eighth inches deep. This and the next are from Brewerton. 

 Fig. 191 is quite curious from its unsymmetrical form and unusual 

 perforation, the latter being elliptical. The material is a beautiful 

 green striped slate, showing a fault in the stone, a not infrequent 

 feature. This is quite sharp near the perforated end, and the out- 

 line each way is not unlike some forms of broad celts. The greatest 

 diameter is two and five eighths inches, and that of the orifice eleven 

 sixteenths of an inch. Of course the latter was not made in the 

 usual way, although neatly finished. This beautiful and remark- 

 able article was found not very long since. 



Fig. 192 is unfinished, and those in this condition are hardly rare, 

 but this has unusual interest from showing the mode of drilling, as 

 well as preliminary work. It is of a hard greenish and crystalline 

 stone, picked all over into a symmetrical form, and ground above 

 and below. On the lower edge the work of perforation was begun 



