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sibly a dagger. The base does not suggest its use in a club, it is so 

 thick. At that end the joint is neatly worked down, but not oblit- 

 erated. Thence it tapers regularly on all sides to the sharp point. 

 It is highly polished and is a large specimen of this class, being 

 about 5-| inches long. It was found by Dr Hinsdale on the Chris- 

 topher site. Most articles from this site were collected by Luke 

 Fitch. Fig. 50 is another of these massive awls, if they may be 

 called so, found by Dr Hinsdale at the Sheldon fort in Pompey. It 

 is much like the last, but is both broader and shorter, and the base 

 is less worked. Fig. 51 is another fine article of this class, from the 

 Atwell fort.. It is large, highly polished, and is worked almost all 

 over. This is in the Burr collection. Fig. 295 is a much more 

 slender example from the Christopher site, and now in the Bigelow 

 collection. The base is left un worked. Fig. 325 is another massive 

 example from Pompey in the same collection. It is 8f inches long, 

 but is much reduced on this plate. It is well worked and somewhat 

 curved. Near the point the cavity of the bone is exposed. 



Fig. 46 is a double-pointed flat awl, ornamented with crosshatch- 

 ing, a somewhat unusual feature. This was from Jefferson county, 

 and in the Twining collection, as was the next. Fig. 47 has an 

 ornamentation of grooves, and three perforations toward the base, 

 which is indented. The lower perforation is elliptic, and the others 

 circular. The edges are slightly curved, one being concave. 



Fig. 48 is a fine flat bone awl from Pompey, in the Bigelow col- 

 lection. It is thick and highly polished, with a moderate ridge on 

 one side. Fig. 54 is from the same place and in the same collection. 

 It is thick and highly polished, with a very sharp point. There is 

 a diagonal groove across the base, which may be natural. 



Fig. 55 is a curved bone awl from Brewerton, somewhat flattened 

 but having the edges rounded. It is partly hollow. This is in the 

 Waterbury collection. Fig. 57 is a thin, flat, slender, and very 

 sharp bone awl from Pompey, in the Bigelow collection. Fig. 59 

 is in the same cabinet, and is from the Christopher site. It is a. 

 much curved bone awl, broad in the center and pointed at both 

 ends. The convex side is broadly grooved. The implement is tri- 

 angular toward the broad end and flattened toward the narrow point. 

 Fig. 68 is from the same place. It is a fine, sharp and slender awl,. 



