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solution. ‘The fresh-water lobster is carnivorous, and its long horns 
might suggest the term, cormibots. Back of the eyes are sometimes 
found small, white, polished and half globular substances known 
to most country boys as eyestones, and used by them for very sim- 
ple surgery. Fig. 10 shows one of these. To make a fair bead 
they would require only perforation. They are often called eye- 
stones because placed very near the eyes, while really in the stomach 
Gietiersetusticeal, | (letice they ‘are “more properly known to 
naturalists as gastroliths, or stomach stones. Very often they are 
not found, being absorbed about the moulting season. This would 
add to their value. On the other hand, no such beads have ever 
been reported in any way, and they must have had a limited range 
if used at all. Their small size may have caused them to be over- 
looked, as it would have contributed to their loss or rapid decay. 
It should be noted that the esurgny were not the same as the 
cornibots, but were taken in them. To a practical naturalist, ac- 
quainted with the forms and habits of all New York and eastern 
Canadian fresh-water snails, this seems the possible solution of a 
puzzling statement, though it may appear absurd to some. In fact, 
_ Cartier’s story seems, itself, absurd. 
From their variety and importance the writer has treated beads 
separately, as well as some other classes of ornaments. Those of 
a more miscellaneous character may be grouped here. 
Among these are some which may be called flattened or disk 
birds.. They are rather thin flat pieces of shell, cut into a more or 
less bird-like form, in general outline somewhat like a plump duck. 
There is a short neck, sometimes expanding into a small head. 
For suspension they are perforated longitudinally through the 
neck. All those figured are of actual size except one. They came 
into use about 1660 or a little later, and occur on most recent sites 
for a century more. Good examples have been abundant on In- 
dian hill, Pompey, occupied from 1650 to 1681. Tig. 215 from 
that town, is reduced in size. A great many have been found on 
Cayuga sites, and fig. 76 is a good example out of some found at 
Fleming. Fig. 73 is of white shell, and comes from Cayuga county. 
One from Happy hollow, a little west of Canajoharie, has a small 
