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hanging down one side. Below this are lines in various directions. 

 But two of the teeth are broken. They are many and short. 



Fig. 183 is from a grave at Rochester Junction, and belongs to 

 <3. F. Moseley of Bergen 1ST. Y. It is perfect, and two birds form 

 the upper part, their long bills meeting. Fig. 184 is a fine comb 

 from the McClure site in Hopewell JSL Y. Most of the teeth are 

 broken, but the upper part is entire. This has a perforation in one 

 upper corner, and there are several figures scratched on the smooth 

 and broad surface. It may have been unfinished. It was found in 

 1890. Fig. 185 is unsymmetric and large. A man behind a horse, 

 and one on it form the principal design. This was found in a young 

 woman's grave in one of the Seneca villages burned in 1687, at 

 Boughton hill near Yictor N. Y., by Dr A. L. Benedict of Buffalo. 

 The teeth spread, and nearly half are gone. The skeleton in this 

 grave was of a person about 18 years old, and was buried in a 

 reversed position, the head down and feet above. In the graves 

 were a brass kettle, traces of a basket, about 12 feet of French glass 

 beads of several colors, 20 feet of red glass beads, about 35 feet of 

 council wampum arranged for a belt of five or six rows, and seven 

 long shell beads. Besides the comb, there was also the skeleton of 

 a turtle. 



Fig. 189 shows a bear at the top of a large comb, and is in the 

 Dann collection. The teeth are badly broken. Fig. 190 is a recent, 

 fine Mohawk comb in the Richmond collection. There is a large 

 arched opening above, and this and the outer edges are notched. 

 Fig. 191 is a long, rectangular and flat bone in the same collection. 

 It has a circular perforation at one end, and regular notches at the 

 other. Mr Richmond thought this a pottery marker, but pottery 

 has no even and regular lines, and it was probably begun for a 

 comb. 



Fig. 192 is a fine comb with about half the teeth remaining. 

 Two turkeys, separated by a central post, have a circular ornament 

 above their heads. This is from Fleming, Cayuga co. Fig. 197 is 

 of a similar character and from the same place. Two partridges are 

 fighting. Usually the space below is plain ; in this case lines are 

 regularly arranged in various directions. Fig. 337 is the longest 

 •comb which has met the writer's eye. It is slightly broken in 



