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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  About 
  half 
  remains 
  of 
  a 
  large 
  celt 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  Seneca 
  River, 
  

   and 
  made 
  of 
  polished 
  greenstone. 
  The 
  fragment 
  is 
  now 
  seven 
  and 
  

   one 
  fourth 
  inches 
  long 
  by 
  three 
  and 
  five 
  eighths 
  broad, 
  and 
  is 
  two 
  

   inches 
  thick. 
  There 
  are 
  few 
  New 
  York 
  celts 
  as 
  massive 
  as 
  this. 
  

   One 
  of 
  the 
  four 
  sided 
  angular 
  celts 
  from 
  Oneida 
  Lake 
  is 
  of 
  light 
  

   drab 
  sandstone, 
  and 
  has 
  the 
  lower 
  surface 
  or 
  back 
  about 
  half 
  the 
  

   width 
  of 
  the 
  upper, 
  which 
  is 
  a 
  frequent 
  proportion 
  in 
  these. 
  It 
  is 
  

   nine 
  and 
  three 
  eighths 
  inches 
  by 
  two 
  and 
  seven 
  eighths 
  on 
  this 
  

   broad 
  surface, 
  and 
  is 
  correspondingly 
  thick. 
  Another 
  from 
  Brewer- 
  

   ton 
  has 
  all 
  the 
  angles 
  rectangular 
  in 
  section, 
  and 
  is 
  about 
  half 
  as 
  

   thick 
  as 
  wide. 
  It 
  is 
  eight 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  inches 
  by 
  two 
  and 
  five 
  

   eighths 
  broad. 
  One 
  from 
  Van 
  Buren 
  made 
  of 
  polished 
  black 
  

   basalt, 
  nine 
  and 
  five 
  eighths 
  by 
  two 
  inches, 
  has 
  the 
  upper 
  side 
  an- 
  

   gular, 
  and 
  the 
  lower 
  side 
  partly 
  angular, 
  partly 
  rounded. 
  Occasion- 
  

   ally 
  a 
  celt 
  is 
  very 
  broad, 
  as 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  mottled 
  greenstone 
  from 
  Onon- 
  

   daga, 
  which 
  is 
  three 
  and 
  five 
  eighths 
  inches 
  by 
  two 
  and 
  three 
  

   eighths 
  broad. 
  The 
  general 
  outline 
  of 
  this 
  is 
  a 
  broad 
  ellipse. 
  

  

  A 
  frequent 
  form, 
  but 
  of 
  polished 
  green 
  slate, 
  comes 
  from 
  Seneca 
  

   Lake. 
  It 
  is 
  almost 
  pointed 
  at 
  the 
  top, 
  but 
  moderately 
  thin 
  and 
  

   generally 
  rounded. 
  It 
  measures 
  five 
  and 
  three 
  fourths 
  inches 
  by 
  

   two 
  and 
  one 
  eighth 
  wide. 
  A 
  larger 
  angular 
  one, 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  

   place, 
  has 
  the 
  ends 
  rounded, 
  and 
  one 
  broad 
  surface 
  as 
  usual. 
  The 
  

   sides 
  are 
  sloping 
  and 
  the 
  back 
  narrow. 
  It 
  is 
  of 
  grey 
  slate, 
  ten 
  

   inches 
  long 
  by 
  two 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  wide. 
  An 
  angular 
  six 
  sided 
  celt 
  

   from 
  the 
  Seneca 
  River, 
  is 
  of 
  a 
  hard 
  grey 
  stone, 
  five 
  and 
  one 
  fourth 
  

   inches 
  long 
  by 
  two 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  broad. 
  A 
  broad 
  celt 
  of 
  greenstone 
  

   from 
  Cayuga 
  County, 
  straight 
  on 
  one 
  side 
  and 
  curved 
  on 
  the 
  other, 
  

   may 
  be 
  an 
  adze. 
  It 
  has 
  a 
  central 
  perforation, 
  much 
  enlarged 
  on 
  

   both 
  sides. 
  It 
  is 
  five 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  inches 
  long 
  by 
  two 
  and 
  three 
  

   eighths 
  wide, 
  and 
  is 
  one 
  and 
  one 
  eighth 
  thick. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  rare 
  

   form 
  in 
  every 
  way. 
  One 
  of 
  the 
  narrow 
  celts, 
  flattened 
  on 
  one 
  side 
  

   and 
  raised 
  on 
  the 
  other, 
  and 
  suggestive 
  of 
  boat 
  stones, 
  comes 
  from 
  

   Binghamton. 
  It 
  is 
  nearly 
  sharp 
  at 
  both 
  ends, 
  and 
  is 
  four 
  and 
  three 
  

   eighths 
  inches 
  long. 
  

  

  Several 
  of 
  the 
  long 
  cylindric 
  celts 
  have 
  been 
  found 
  in 
  various 
  

   places, 
  and 
  among 
  them 
  is 
  one 
  of 
  black 
  slate 
  from 
  Schoharie 
  

  

  