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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM! 
  

  

  inches 
  long 
  by 
  one 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  wide. 
  It 
  seems 
  scarcely 
  hard 
  

   enough 
  for 
  much 
  use, 
  but 
  the 
  yellower 
  ones 
  are 
  of 
  a 
  finer 
  and 
  harder 
  

   grain, 
  although 
  so 
  light 
  in 
  weight. 
  

  

  In 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  E. 
  Douglass' 
  collection, 
  out 
  of 
  721 
  celts 
  85 
  are 
  from 
  

   New 
  York, 
  and 
  about 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  smaller 
  forms 
  termed 
  chisels. 
  Dr. 
  

   Abbott 
  figures 
  one 
  New 
  Jersey 
  celt 
  with 
  a 
  distinct 
  groove, 
  a 
  fre- 
  

   quent 
  feature 
  in 
  New 
  York, 
  where, 
  all 
  forms 
  are 
  abundant, 
  some 
  be- 
  

   ing 
  local 
  and 
  unique. 
  { 
  

  

  GOUGBS 
  

  

  Stone 
  gouges 
  are 
  mostly 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  Atlantic 
  States 
  and 
  are 
  

   somewhat 
  local 
  there. 
  They 
  might 
  be 
  distinguished 
  as 
  the 
  long 
  

   gouges, 
  tapering 
  and 
  evenly 
  grooved 
  from 
  end 
  to 
  end 
  ; 
  long 
  gouges 
  

   grooved 
  part 
  way; 
  and 
  broad 
  gouges, 
  distinguished 
  in 
  a 
  similar 
  

   manner. 
  This 
  would 
  be 
  but 
  a 
  broad 
  classification. 
  Long 
  gouges 
  

   have 
  been 
  found 
  in 
  Pennsylvania, 
  although 
  rare 
  there. 
  Dr. 
  Abbott 
  

   figured 
  but 
  one 
  in 
  New 
  Jersey, 
  where 
  they 
  are 
  also 
  rare. 
  Two 
  like 
  

   his 
  Fig. 
  140 
  have 
  been 
  found 
  at 
  Oneida 
  Lake. 
  In 
  Saratoga 
  County 
  

   and 
  vicinity, 
  Mr. 
  Wagman 
  procured 
  29 
  gouges, 
  the 
  largest 
  nine 
  

   and 
  one 
  half 
  by 
  two 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  inches, 
  and 
  none 
  of 
  them 
  were 
  

   wider. 
  He 
  catalogued 
  also 
  adze 
  gouges, 
  probably 
  meaning 
  the 
  

   broad 
  forms. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Douglass 
  has 
  85 
  gouges 
  and 
  adzes, 
  of 
  which 
  16 
  came 
  from 
  

   New 
  York. 
  Those 
  in 
  Central 
  New 
  York 
  are 
  mostly 
  from 
  Seneca 
  

   River, 
  Oneida, 
  Onondaga, 
  Skaneateles 
  and 
  Cross 
  Lakes. 
  They 
  are 
  

   most 
  common 
  near 
  lakes 
  and 
  streams, 
  and 
  this 
  makes 
  it 
  probable 
  

   they 
  were 
  used 
  in 
  making 
  canoes 
  out 
  of 
  trees 
  before 
  bark 
  was 
  em- 
  

   ployed. 
  They 
  were 
  unknown 
  to 
  the 
  Iroquois. 
  Out 
  of 
  75 
  before 
  us, 
  

   more 
  than 
  one 
  third 
  are 
  the 
  long 
  gouges, 
  grooved 
  from 
  end 
  to 
  end, 
  

   and 
  tapering 
  uniformly. 
  Some 
  are 
  superb 
  specimens. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  36 
  is 
  a 
  gouge 
  of 
  a 
  beautiful 
  light 
  bluish 
  striped 
  slate, 
  of 
  

   unusual 
  form 
  and 
  probably 
  the 
  finest 
  known 
  in 
  this 
  material. 
  It 
  

   is 
  flat 
  above 
  and 
  moderately 
  rounded 
  beneath, 
  having 
  a 
  groove 
  ex- 
  

   tending 
  nearly 
  half 
  the 
  length. 
  The 
  thickness 
  is 
  quite 
  uniform 
  

   throughout. 
  It 
  is 
  seven 
  and 
  three 
  eighths 
  inches 
  in 
  length 
  and 
  

   two 
  and 
  one 
  eighth 
  wide, 
  and 
  was 
  found 
  near 
  the 
  Oneida 
  River. 
  

   It 
  would 
  hardly 
  seem 
  that 
  it 
  could 
  have 
  been 
  employed 
  in 
  any 
  com- 
  

   mon 
  use. 
  

  

  