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and regularly tapering one is from England's woods in Montgomery 

 county, where there is a recent site. This awl is 5f inches long. 

 Another of a straight and slender form is 7|- inches long, and came 

 from the Cayadutta fort. A joint forms the base of this. A 

 similar straight and tapering awl is from the same fort, and is 7-f. 

 inches long. This is worked throughout. 



Mr Van Epps has many fine articles from the above site. Among 

 these is a fine bone awl, 4f inches long, generally rather wide, but 

 compressed toward the base. It is ridged on one side. Three long 

 ones taper from a moderately broad base to a sharp point. One is 

 6 inches long, another is 7f, and another 8 inches in length. Many 

 other fine ones have been found on this early site. 



Double-pointed awls occur in the mounds of Manitoba, and the 

 leading forms and features are found throughout the world. In 

 Canada there is a close correspondence with New York forms. 



On Long Island Mr Tooker found the bones of the deer abun- 

 dant in many shell heaps, but implements of this material were not 

 frequent. Near the city of New York a few awls have been found. 

 John B. James described one fine specimen from Van Cortlandt 

 park, which was 5^ inches long and tapering in the usual way. In 

 the shell heaps bones have been often found which had been split 

 open to extract the marrow. Such examples occur elsewhere. 



From the At well fort comes a large, straiglit and thick awl, 

 polished all over, which is 8^ inches in length. Another fine and 

 straight awl is from Brewerton. It is 5^ inches long, and has an 

 expanded base. A very slender awl from the Christopher site is 

 4|- inches long, and has a point at each end. It becomes narrow 

 toward one end, and then expands again. This article is quite 

 unusual in form. Among other long awls may be mentioned one 

 in the Buffalo academy of science which is 7 inches long. 



At the mouth of Perch river, in Jefferson county, the writer dug 

 up a fine polished bone awl, which was 7-J inches long, and nearly 

 flat. It was not straiglit, but distinctly bent about a quarter of the 

 way from the base. Another slender Jefferson county awl is 6-§- 

 inches long, and was found by Dr Amidon. Most of his best bone 

 relics have been from two sites. This awl is angular, light colored, 

 and thoroughly worked except at the base. 



