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  by 
  one 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  inches. 
  A 
  long 
  gouge 
  of 
  black 
  basalt 
  from 
  

   Skaneateles 
  has 
  a 
  bulge 
  in 
  the 
  back, 
  but 
  no 
  dorsal 
  groove. 
  It 
  was 
  

   found 
  in 
  1884 
  and 
  is 
  five 
  and 
  three 
  eighths 
  by 
  two 
  inches. 
  Not 
  far 
  

   from 
  this, 
  in 
  Spafford, 
  a 
  broad 
  and 
  thin 
  ironstone 
  gouge 
  is 
  three 
  and 
  

   seven 
  eighths 
  by 
  two 
  and 
  one 
  eighth 
  inches. 
  

  

  A 
  curious 
  gouge 
  of 
  black 
  basalt, 
  from 
  Oxford, 
  has 
  several 
  knob- 
  

   like 
  protuberances 
  on 
  the 
  back. 
  The 
  dimensions 
  are 
  seven 
  and 
  one 
  

   half 
  by 
  two 
  and 
  three 
  fourths 
  inches. 
  A 
  long 
  and 
  deeply 
  hollowed 
  

   gouge 
  from 
  Oneida 
  River, 
  three 
  and 
  five 
  eighths 
  by 
  one 
  and 
  five 
  

   eighths 
  inches, 
  has 
  two 
  grooves 
  across 
  the 
  back; 
  and 
  Pompey 
  fur- 
  

   nishes 
  a 
  long 
  gouge 
  of 
  greenish 
  grey 
  stone, 
  with 
  the 
  same 
  feature. 
  

   This 
  implement 
  is 
  thick, 
  but 
  not 
  of 
  great 
  length, 
  the 
  dimensions 
  

   being 
  four 
  by 
  one 
  and 
  seven 
  eighths 
  inches. 
  

  

  One 
  beautiful 
  long 
  gouge 
  from 
  the 
  Oneida 
  River 
  is 
  of 
  red 
  slate, 
  a 
  

   very 
  unusual 
  material. 
  It 
  is 
  seven 
  and 
  three 
  fourths 
  by 
  two 
  inches. 
  

   One 
  of 
  black 
  basalt 
  from 
  Cross 
  Lake 
  is 
  both 
  large 
  and 
  fine, 
  being 
  

   loj 
  inches 
  long 
  and 
  two 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  wide. 
  Another 
  of 
  green- 
  

   stone, 
  from 
  the 
  Oswego 
  River, 
  is 
  of 
  a 
  long 
  tapering 
  form, 
  flat 
  above. 
  

   This 
  is 
  nine 
  and 
  three 
  fourths 
  by 
  two 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  inches. 
  

  

  Broken 
  gouges 
  are 
  frequently 
  found. 
  Fanciful 
  uses 
  have 
  been 
  

   ascribed 
  to 
  them, 
  but 
  it 
  can 
  hardly 
  be 
  doubted 
  that 
  they 
  were 
  em- 
  

   ployed 
  in 
  aboriginal 
  carpentry, 
  the 
  shorter 
  forms 
  being 
  often 
  fitted 
  

   to 
  handles. 
  In 
  making 
  the 
  dug-out 
  canoe 
  they 
  would 
  have 
  been 
  

   very 
  useful. 
  The 
  wide 
  difference 
  in 
  material 
  and 
  form, 
  however, 
  

   suggests 
  artisans 
  of 
  differing 
  nations, 
  but 
  they 
  were 
  probably 
  used 
  

   only 
  for 
  a 
  very 
  limited 
  time, 
  as 
  they 
  certainly 
  were 
  confined 
  to 
  a 
  

   moderate 
  area. 
  The 
  makers 
  have 
  left 
  so 
  few 
  traces 
  that 
  little 
  can 
  

   be 
  conjectured 
  regarding 
  them. 
  Only 
  this 
  we 
  know, 
  that 
  they 
  had 
  

   no 
  practical 
  relationship 
  to 
  the 
  later 
  Indians. 
  

  

  ADZBS 
  AND 
  HOBS 
  

  

  Stone 
  hoes 
  and 
  spades 
  were 
  but 
  sparingly 
  used 
  in 
  New 
  York, 
  as 
  

   other 
  materials 
  were 
  employed 
  in 
  the 
  rude 
  agriculture 
  practised 
  

   here 
  by 
  the 
  aborigines. 
  Loskiel 
  says 
  that 
  the 
  Delawares 
  and 
  Iro- 
  

   quois 
  ' 
  used 
  formerly 
  the 
  shoulder 
  blade 
  of 
  a 
  deer 
  or 
  a 
  tortoise 
  shell, 
  

   sharpened 
  upon 
  a 
  stone 
  and 
  fastened 
  to 
  a 
  thick 
  stick, 
  instead 
  of 
  a 
  

  

  