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  from 
  the 
  Thousand 
  Islands. 
  Fig. 
  23 
  is 
  from 
  the 
  St. 
  Lawrence 
  

   River, 
  and 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  long 
  and 
  slender 
  celts, 
  widest 
  in 
  the 
  center, 
  

   flat 
  on 
  one 
  side 
  and 
  curved 
  on 
  the 
  other. 
  The 
  ends 
  are 
  rounded. 
  

   It 
  is 
  of 
  striped 
  slate, 
  six 
  and 
  seven 
  eighths 
  inches 
  long, 
  seven 
  eighths 
  

   wide 
  and 
  five 
  eighths 
  deep. 
  Fig. 
  24 
  somewhat 
  resembles 
  this, 
  but 
  

   is 
  more 
  distinctly 
  a 
  double 
  edged 
  celt, 
  being 
  quite 
  sharp 
  at 
  each 
  

   end. 
  One 
  side 
  is 
  slightly 
  but 
  not 
  conspicuously 
  flattened, 
  and 
  a 
  

   groove 
  extends 
  nearly 
  around 
  it. 
  The 
  other 
  side 
  is 
  more 
  rounded. 
  

   It 
  is 
  of 
  polished 
  brown 
  stone, 
  three 
  and 
  three 
  eighths 
  inches 
  long 
  

   by 
  one 
  inch 
  wide, 
  and 
  comes 
  from 
  Fleming, 
  Cayuga 
  County. 
  Fig. 
  

   25 
  is 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  class, 
  small 
  and 
  narrow, 
  with 
  curving 
  sides. 
  One 
  

   surface 
  is 
  flat, 
  the 
  other 
  raised, 
  and 
  while 
  it 
  is 
  sharp 
  only 
  at 
  one 
  

   end, 
  the 
  other 
  comes 
  nearly 
  to 
  an 
  edge. 
  The 
  form 
  is 
  wide 
  spread 
  

   but 
  not 
  common, 
  and 
  some 
  specimens 
  approach 
  the 
  boat 
  stones 
  in 
  

   general 
  outlines. 
  They 
  are 
  usually 
  of 
  slate 
  or 
  fine 
  sandstone. 
  This 
  

   one 
  is 
  from 
  the 
  Oneida 
  River, 
  and 
  is 
  two 
  and 
  three 
  eighths 
  by 
  five 
  

   eighths 
  inches 
  wide^ 
  

  

  Fig. 
  26 
  is 
  reduced 
  in 
  size 
  with 
  the 
  nine 
  which 
  follow 
  it. 
  It 
  is 
  of 
  a 
  

   rare 
  and 
  peculiar 
  celt, 
  several 
  of 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  found. 
  They 
  are 
  

   very 
  slender, 
  usually 
  nearly 
  cylindric^ 
  and 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  pointed 
  at 
  

   each 
  end. 
  Sometimes 
  the 
  material 
  seems 
  too 
  frail 
  for 
  use. 
  This 
  

   is 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  larger 
  specimens^ 
  and 
  \\\ 
  inches 
  long. 
  The 
  diameter 
  

   is 
  one 
  by 
  one 
  and 
  one 
  fourth 
  inches. 
  It 
  is 
  angular 
  and 
  four 
  sided, 
  

   but 
  the 
  angles 
  are 
  rounded, 
  and 
  the 
  points 
  likewise. 
  It 
  tapers 
  to 
  

   each 
  end, 
  and 
  shows 
  no 
  signs 
  of 
  use. 
  The 
  material 
  is 
  a 
  polished 
  

   dark 
  gritty 
  slate, 
  from 
  Seneca 
  River. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  2j 
  is 
  another 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  general 
  form, 
  nine 
  inches 
  long 
  by 
  

   fifteen 
  sixteenths 
  thick. 
  It 
  is 
  of 
  a 
  dark 
  brownish 
  steel 
  grey, 
  and 
  is 
  

   pointed 
  at 
  both 
  ends. 
  It 
  was 
  found 
  near 
  the 
  Willard 
  Asylum 
  on 
  

   Seneca 
  Lake. 
  This 
  is 
  of 
  about 
  the 
  average 
  length, 
  but 
  some 
  are 
  

   longer, 
  and 
  others 
  more 
  slender. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  28 
  seems 
  an 
  adze, 
  and 
  will 
  be 
  described 
  under 
  that 
  head. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  29 
  is 
  an 
  unusual 
  form 
  of 
  celt, 
  contracting 
  toward 
  the 
  point. 
  

   It 
  is 
  made 
  of 
  green 
  variegated 
  slate, 
  three 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  inches 
  by 
  one 
  

   and 
  one 
  eighth 
  wide, 
  and 
  is 
  narrow 
  and 
  rounded 
  at 
  the 
  cutting 
  edge. 
  

   It 
  comes 
  from 
  Seneca 
  River. 
  

  

  