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  It 
  is 
  three 
  and 
  three 
  fourths 
  inches 
  long 
  by 
  one 
  and 
  three 
  fourths 
  

   wide. 
  

  

  A 
  fine 
  celt 
  of 
  light 
  olive 
  greenstone 
  is 
  from 
  Skaneateles, 
  and 
  is 
  

   seven 
  inches 
  long 
  by 
  one 
  and 
  five 
  eighths 
  wide, 
  being 
  narrow 
  for 
  

   its 
  length. 
  A 
  long 
  triangular 
  celt 
  from 
  the 
  Seneca 
  River 
  may 
  have 
  

   been 
  an 
  adze, 
  and 
  is 
  much 
  ridged 
  on 
  one 
  side. 
  It 
  is 
  eight 
  and 
  five 
  

   eighths 
  inches 
  long 
  by 
  two 
  and 
  three 
  fourths 
  at 
  the 
  widest 
  part. 
  

  

  One 
  interesting 
  example 
  is 
  of 
  a 
  celt 
  of 
  brown 
  sandstone, 
  the 
  edge 
  

   of 
  which 
  has 
  been 
  broken. 
  At 
  some 
  distance 
  from 
  this 
  the 
  imple- 
  

   ment 
  has 
  been 
  nearly 
  half 
  cut 
  off, 
  in 
  order 
  to 
  form 
  a 
  new 
  edge. 
  The 
  

   original 
  length 
  was 
  five 
  and 
  five 
  eighths 
  by 
  two 
  and 
  five 
  eighths 
  

   inches, 
  wide. 
  It 
  is 
  from 
  a 
  much 
  frequented 
  site 
  at 
  Onondaga 
  Lake. 
  

  

  Very 
  many 
  fine 
  celts 
  are 
  of 
  a 
  mottled 
  greenstone, 
  and 
  usually 
  not 
  

   angular, 
  being 
  of 
  the 
  general 
  form 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  figure 
  given. 
  Two 
  

   beautiful 
  examples 
  of 
  these 
  from 
  the 
  Seneca 
  River 
  are 
  each 
  five 
  

   inches 
  long 
  by 
  two 
  and 
  one 
  quarter 
  broad. 
  This 
  is 
  a 
  frequent 
  form 
  

   and 
  size. 
  One 
  of 
  dark 
  greenstone, 
  thin 
  and 
  flat, 
  from 
  Onondaga 
  

   Lake, 
  is 
  perforated 
  at 
  one 
  end, 
  and 
  like 
  implements 
  occur 
  elsewhere. 
  

   This 
  article 
  is 
  four 
  by 
  one 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  inches, 
  and 
  all 
  the 
  edges 
  

   are 
  convex. 
  Several 
  double 
  edged 
  celts 
  are 
  from 
  two 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  

   to 
  four 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  inches 
  long. 
  

  

  A 
  grey 
  quartzite 
  celt, 
  from 
  Three 
  River 
  Point, 
  has 
  a 
  slight 
  

   roughened 
  groove 
  entirely 
  around 
  it, 
  which 
  is 
  picked 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  the 
  

   battered 
  end. 
  The 
  size 
  is 
  eight 
  by 
  three 
  inches. 
  Of 
  course 
  this 
  

   occasional 
  groove 
  or 
  roughening 
  was 
  not 
  needed 
  in 
  small 
  celts. 
  

   A 
  curious 
  one 
  from 
  the 
  Oswego 
  River 
  has 
  notches 
  on 
  the 
  lateral 
  

   edges 
  like 
  those 
  of 
  sinew 
  stones, 
  and 
  reaching 
  nearly 
  the 
  whole 
  

   length. 
  A 
  perforation 
  had 
  also 
  been 
  commenced. 
  The 
  implement 
  

   is 
  four 
  and 
  five 
  eighths 
  by 
  one 
  and 
  five 
  eighths 
  inches 
  wide. 
  

   Another 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  place 
  is 
  remarkable 
  for 
  having 
  the 
  date 
  of 
  

   1700 
  upon 
  it, 
  as 
  much 
  weathered 
  as 
  any 
  part. 
  The 
  edge 
  is 
  broken, 
  

   and 
  it 
  tapers 
  quite 
  to 
  the 
  upper 
  end. 
  It 
  is 
  of 
  ferruginous 
  sandstone, 
  

   five 
  inches 
  by 
  two 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  wide. 
  Another 
  from 
  the 
  Seneca 
  

   River 
  has 
  also 
  transverse 
  grooves 
  on 
  the 
  edge. 
  This 
  feature 
  is 
  

   hardly 
  rare. 
  It 
  is 
  of 
  a 
  light 
  grey 
  and 
  quite 
  hard 
  stone, 
  three 
  and 
  

   seven 
  eighths 
  inches 
  by 
  two 
  wide. 
  

  

  