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No. 17. Fleshing Insteubient, or Stone Chisel of Schoolcraft ; 

 Hand-axe, of Squier & Davis : sixteen specimens. 

 These specimens vary in length from two and a half to nine inches, and 

 exhibit the various forms of the instrument. Among the materials from 

 which they were manufactured, are greenstone, porphyry, sienite, etc. 

 From the Connecticut-river valley. 



No. 18. Head of a War-club, 



This singular relic is made of the freestone of the Connecticut valley. 

 Its shape is an oval, six and a half inches in length by four and a half 

 inches in width, and three inches in thickness. There are two grooves, 

 the one passing longitudinally and the other transversely around the stone. 

 These grooves were made for the purpose of firmly securing the stone to 

 the end of a club, and it was undoubtedly a formidable weapon. 



From the Connecticut-river valley. 



No. 19. Stone Pestle : five specimens. 



These specimens vary from eleven to twenty-three inches in length. 

 They are made of greenstone and micaceous sandstone. 

 From the Connecticut-river valley. 



No. 20. A Bowl made of steatite (soapstone). 



This bowl is seven and a half inches in length, five inches in width, 

 and two and a half inches in depth. 

 From the Connecticut-river valley. 



No. 21. A Gorget or Amulet. 



This unique relic is made of a compact variety of green slate. The 

 length of the specimen at the base is four inches; width, three-fourths of 

 an inch, and height one inch. At each end a projection rises like a foot; 

 the one making an angle with the base of 125, and the other of 145 de- 

 grees. The projections are respectively an inch and a half, and two inches 

 in height. Length of the specimen between the upper points of the pro- 

 jections, six inches. At each end of the base, a diagonal hole is perforated 

 through the corner made by the base with the projection. 



From the Connecticut-river valley. 



No. 22. A GrORGET OR Amulet. 



This relic is made of a compact variety of green slate. The specimen 

 is broken, and the fragment comprises about one-half of the original. It 

 is constructed of the same material as No. 21, and is similar to it in cha- 

 racter, although differing somewhat in shape. 



From the Connecticut-river valley. 



No. 23. A Pipe of baked clay. 



The specimen is four inches in length : it is smoothly moulded, and 

 has on the stem side of the bowl, in high relief, the figure of an owl. 

 From the Connecticut-river valley. 



