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general resemblance and were found within a distance of a few 

 miles. In the last drilling was commenced with a sharp point. 



A finished half circular banner stone from Cazenovia, of olive 

 slate, has one wing broader than the other, and is three and three 

 fourths inches broad by two and one fourth deep. Another half 

 circular one of dark grey slate, thick and unpolished, is from the 

 Seneca River, and is four and one half inches wide by two deep. A 

 reel-shaped one, from the same river, is grooved above and below, and 

 one side is deeper than the other. It is of dark green striped slate, 

 three and one fourth wide by one and three fourths inches deep. 

 The orifice is of the usual size. 



Perfect banner stones of pick and crescent forms have been 

 found near Cayuga, Canandaigua and Seneca lakes, and in Jefferson 

 County. They are rare along the Mohawk, though sometimes 

 found there. A large unfinished one is from Seneca Lake, and is 

 seven and three fourths wide. A still larger unfinished one is from 

 Baldwinsville, and is nine and three fourths inches wide, with quite 

 oblique wings. 



One only of the double crescent form, with four horns, has been 

 reported, and that is broken. It is of green striped slate, 

 and was originally six by five and one fourth inches. It is from 

 Oswego County. This rare and beautiful form is also found in 

 Canada and Ohio. A pick or hatchet form, quite angular, comes 

 from Sullivan County, and is of variegated soapstone, thin and 

 polished. It is five and three eighths inches wide. 



Several banner stones are from the vicinity of Owego, in Tioga 

 County, and a fine unfinished one has lately been described, re- 

 cently found in Ellington, Chautauqua County. It shows a core 

 where drilling was commenced, but is nearly half circular in form, 

 instead of that of those already described. A curious article, sug- 

 gestive of banner stones, is from Brewerton, where several have 

 been found, made of brown sandstone. They are nearly circular, 

 flat and notched, and with a rough ridge left in the center, from one 

 indentation to the other. The diameter is four inches, and they are 

 unique. The abundance of banner stones may be inferred from the 

 selected examples given. 



