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  cylindric 
  but 
  six-sided 
  pestle 
  is 
  from 
  Oneida 
  Lake. 
  The 
  size 
  is 
  19J 
  

   by 
  two 
  and 
  one 
  fourth 
  inches. 
  This 
  is 
  a 
  rude 
  article, 
  but 
  a 
  well 
  

   wrought 
  cylindric 
  pestle, 
  iij 
  by 
  two 
  and 
  three 
  eighths 
  inches 
  is 
  

   from 
  the 
  same 
  place. 
  A 
  flattened 
  one 
  of 
  sandstone, 
  from 
  Oswego 
  

   Falls, 
  is 
  I4f 
  by 
  two 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  inches. 
  

  

  A 
  pestle 
  from 
  Oswego 
  Falls 
  resembles 
  Fig. 
  67. 
  It 
  is 
  square 
  

   in 
  section 
  and 
  compressed 
  at 
  the 
  larger 
  end, 
  whence 
  it 
  tapers 
  to 
  the 
  

   smaller. 
  The 
  form 
  is 
  long 
  and 
  slender, 
  being 
  18 
  inches 
  in 
  length 
  by 
  

   two 
  and 
  seven 
  eighths 
  thick. 
  A 
  pyriform 
  pestle 
  of 
  grey 
  sandstone 
  

   is 
  from 
  Cross 
  Lake, 
  and 
  is 
  ground 
  in 
  lines 
  toward 
  one 
  end. 
  The 
  

   length 
  is 
  three 
  and 
  one 
  fourth 
  and 
  the 
  thickness 
  one 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  

   inches. 
  

  

  Though 
  the 
  Iroquois 
  used 
  stone 
  pestles 
  but 
  little, 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  sand- 
  

   stone 
  pebbles 
  utilized 
  as 
  pestles 
  on 
  the 
  Seneca 
  River 
  and 
  elsewhere 
  

   so 
  freely, 
  has 
  been 
  found 
  on 
  Indian 
  Hill. 
  It 
  is 
  lof 
  inches 
  long, 
  per- 
  

   fectly 
  straight 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  way 
  on 
  one 
  side, 
  and 
  showing 
  marks 
  of 
  

   human 
  use. 
  A 
  cylindrical 
  pestle 
  of 
  sandstone 
  comes 
  from 
  Rome, 
  

   and 
  is 
  nine 
  inches 
  long 
  by 
  two 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  thick. 
  From 
  the 
  same 
  

   place 
  is 
  another, 
  compressed 
  near 
  the 
  broad 
  end 
  and 
  with 
  pits 
  on 
  

   two 
  sides. 
  It 
  tapers 
  as 
  usual, 
  and 
  is 
  flattened. 
  The 
  ends 
  are 
  ham- 
  

   mered. 
  It 
  is 
  six 
  inches 
  long 
  by 
  two 
  inches 
  in 
  diameter. 
  

  

  A 
  large 
  pestle 
  with 
  a 
  carved 
  head 
  has 
  been 
  described, 
  found 
  on 
  

   the 
  Hudson 
  below 
  Albany. 
  The 
  eyes 
  are 
  sunken 
  and 
  the 
  lips 
  lined. 
  

   The 
  length 
  is 
  26 
  and 
  the 
  diameter 
  one 
  and 
  seven 
  eighths 
  

   inches. 
  One 
  cylindric 
  pestle 
  is 
  from 
  Seneca 
  Lake, 
  and 
  is 
  made 
  of 
  

   sandstone. 
  It 
  is 
  nine 
  and 
  three 
  quarters 
  inches 
  long 
  and 
  two 
  and 
  

   five 
  eighths 
  thick. 
  

  

  Quite 
  curious 
  forms 
  occur 
  in 
  Tioga 
  County. 
  A 
  massive 
  squared 
  

   one 
  from 
  Newark 
  Valley 
  is 
  reported 
  as 
  being 
  15 
  inches 
  long 
  and 
  

   five 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  thick, 
  while 
  other 
  curious 
  ones 
  occur 
  in 
  the 
  neigh- 
  

   borhood. 
  One 
  from 
  Owego, 
  broadly 
  shouldered 
  below 
  the 
  handle, 
  

   is 
  lyi 
  inches 
  long, 
  six 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  broad 
  at 
  the 
  base 
  and 
  four 
  and 
  

   one 
  fourth 
  thick. 
  The 
  shoulder 
  is 
  10 
  inches 
  above 
  the 
  base, 
  and 
  

   the 
  weight 
  21 
  pounds. 
  A 
  similar 
  one 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  place 
  is 
  15 
  

   inches 
  long 
  and 
  four 
  inches 
  in 
  the 
  greatest 
  diameter. 
  The 
  handle 
  

   is 
  cylindric, 
  the 
  base 
  being 
  square, 
  and 
  eight 
  inches 
  long. 
  

  

  