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indentation on each side above. For a considerable time Dr Hins- 

 dale made a specialty of bone and horn implements, and was very 

 successful in collecting them on early sites. 



Fig. 76 is a very slender and curved awl, with a sharp point and 

 a neatly rounded base. It is polished all over, and much more 

 curved than usual. This was found by Oren Pomeroy near Chau- 

 mont bay. He has many tine articles of bone and horn. Fig. 74- 

 is a very slender bone awl from Pompey. The form is not rare. 



Fig. 80 is in the collection of the Buffalo academy of science, 

 and was found in or near that city. It is worked all over, and at 

 first suggests an unfinished hook. The two sharp points would be 

 unnecessary in that case, but it might have been attached to a 

 wooden shank and used in this way. On the other hand, the longi- 

 tudinal grooves favor the idea that the ultimate intention was to 

 cut it in two, thus making two small awls. The article is unique in 

 its present form. 



Fig. 81 is a fine and flat awl found by the writer at the mouth of 

 Perch river, Jefferson co., in 1899. It is moderately curved. The 

 site is an early one, and yields much in pottery, bone and horn, and 

 but little in stone. Fig. 82 is from the same county but not the 

 same place. The double points suggest an awl, but are not very 

 sharp. It may have been a pin. The indented center also suggests 

 another use, that of a fishing implement made by some primitive 

 peoples, but more cylindric than this. In that the line was attached 

 to the center, the bone brought parallel to the line and covered with 

 the bait. When this was swallowed, a jerk brought the implement 

 across the throat, and secured the fish. The Eskimos use these for 

 catching waterfowl. Dr Getman has the center of a similar article 

 more angularly indented. 



Fig. 101 is a flat, triangular and perforated piece of bone, of 

 small size and sharp at both ends. It may have been used in 

 several ways, as an awl, an arrowhead, or the point of a fishhook. 

 It is from the Atwell fort, and is in the collection of J. H. T. E. 

 Burr of Cazenovia, who has many interesting articles from this site. 



Fig. 121' might be called a needle but for its size. The form is 

 generally triangular, but the point and base are rounded, the latter 

 having three notches. It is quite flat and has an elliptic perforation 



