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Vessel No. 12. — A frail vessel of about 1 pint capacity, elliptical in horizontal 

 section, with rim slightly flaring, having on one side an impression resembling the 



foot of a bird. On the opposite side the circular 

 portion of the foot is given without the claws 

 (Fig. 212). 



Part of an earthenware smoking pipe lay 

 unassociated in the sand. . 



From caved sand came part of a smoking 

 pipe of the " platform," or " Monitor," type. A 

 part of one end has been broken oft' and the en- 

 deavor to cut off the rough projecting portion to 

 leave an even surface to join the two parts has 

 been begun but not completed. 



In addition to the customary perforation 

 extending through one end of the platform to 

 the bowl, there is another running from the base 

 of the bowl to the base of the platform below 

 (Fig. 213). We wrote to Mr. Warren K. Moore- 

 head as to this curious feature, who most oblig- 

 ingly addressed twelve prominent collectors of 

 this country and forwarded the replies to us. 



Smoking pipes with holes accidentally made 

 by the slipping of drills are well known, as are 

 some instances of this carefully made basal per- 

 foration. Mr. H. P. Hamilton, of Two Rivers, 

 Wis., kindly forwarded for our inspection two 

 smoking pipes, one showing the accidental per- 

 foration, the other the intentional one in the base. 

 General Gates P. Thruston suggests that this hole in pipes was made to facilitate 

 the cleaning of the bowl and that the hole was plugged during smoking. This 

 seems a probable solution of the question. We are unable to say whether this pipe 

 is stone or earthenware thoroughly baked, and experts, consulted on the subject, 

 have not been able to decide without mutilating the specimen. 



Fig. 211.— Vessel No. 10. Mound near 

 Green Point. (One-third size.) 



FiCi. 212.— Vessel No. 12. Mound near 

 Green Point. (Half size.) 



Fig 213. — Smoking pipe. Mound near Green Point. (Full size.) 



