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less used than bone, and some Canadian articles of this material have 

 not been reported in New York. In his report for 1899 he speaks 

 of a considerable number of phalangeal bones from old village and 

 camp sites, adding that " the most commonly accepted theory is that 

 the bones were in some way used as whistles, but nobody has ever 

 been able to produce a sound from them." Most of his examples 

 were found but a few miles from Toronto, and resemble some New 

 York specimens. Stewart Culin is inclined to think they were used 

 in games, and in this theory the Eskimo comes up again. Skull 

 perforation in Canada was after death. The perforated horn arti- 

 cles which Mr Boyle supposed were used for straightening arrows 

 have not been reported in New York. It may be that the artificially 

 grooved boulders took their place. 



