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No. 24. A Pipe of baked clay. 



This pipe is smoothly moulded, and made of fine red clay. From 

 Oonnecticut-river valley. 



No. 25. Various Fragments of Pottery (terra-cottas). 



These fragments, from their color, indicate that they "were made from 

 different varieties of clay. The exteriors of the fragments are generally 

 tastefully ornamented with lines, dots, etc. 



From the Connecticut-river valley. 



No. 26. Moccasin Needle biade of bone. 



This instrument is made from the ulna of the deer, sharpened at one 

 end. From the Connecticut-river valley. 



No. 27. An Amulet or Gorget. 



This specimen is made of green slate, and the surface is very much 

 corroded. It is in the form of a lengthened ellipse, with the ends brought 

 to a point. One of the points is broken off; and the fragment remaining 

 measures six inches in length, two inches in width at the widest part, 

 and a half an inch in thickness. 



From the Connecticut-river valley. 



The folloioing specimens, wliidi also formed a part of the Indian 

 Collection of the late Dexter Marsh, were ohtained in the valley of the 

 Mississippi river, and were included in the purchase of the preceding 

 collection of the Co7inecticut-river valley. 



No. 28. Indian Arrowheads : eight specimens. 



These arrowheads are made of jasper and the finest variety of horn- 

 stone, of various shades of color : they are from two and a half to three 

 and a half inches in length, of various forms and great beauty of workr 

 manship. Taken from the mounds in the Mississippi valley. 



No. 29. Fleshing Instrument, or Stone Chisel of Schoolgrapt ; 



Hand-axe of Squier & Davis : four specimens. 



These relics are composed of jasper : they vary in length from two to 



three inches, and are worked down to a sharp smooth edge. The label 



accompanying the specimens describes them as being taken from Indian 



tombs in the valley of the Mississippi. 



No. 30. A Large Pipe made of steatite (soapstone). 



The bowl of the pipe is two and a half inches in diameter, and four 

 and a half inches in height; and the portion intended for the insertion of 

 the stem is two and a half inches in diameter, and five inches in length. 

 The label gives the locality from which it was obtained, "Talladega 

 County, Alabama;" and remarks 'that there is none of this kind of 



