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  one 
  eighth 
  inches. 
  One 
  of 
  green 
  talc, 
  two 
  and 
  three 
  fourths 
  by 
  one 
  

   and 
  one 
  half 
  inches, 
  has 
  many 
  facets. 
  This 
  also 
  is 
  from 
  Brewerton. 
  

   Angular 
  forms 
  are 
  often 
  thickest 
  in 
  the 
  center. 
  Quite 
  a 
  propor- 
  

   tion 
  have 
  a 
  cross 
  groove 
  over 
  the 
  end 
  above 
  the 
  circular 
  notch. 
  

   A 
  very 
  irregular 
  one 
  of 
  sandstone 
  has 
  about 
  thirty 
  facets, 
  but 
  this 
  

   is 
  unusual, 
  and 
  such 
  a 
  feature 
  may 
  be 
  only 
  preparatory 
  to 
  a 
  finer 
  

   finish. 
  

  

  SINEW 
  STONES 
  

  

  Though 
  the 
  name 
  of 
  sinew 
  stones 
  may 
  not 
  exactly 
  express 
  the 
  

   use 
  of 
  a 
  familiar 
  class 
  of 
  articles, 
  it 
  yet 
  answers 
  a 
  purpose, 
  the 
  

   grooves 
  being 
  supposed 
  to 
  come 
  from 
  drawing 
  sinews 
  across 
  the 
  

   stone. 
  The 
  best 
  examples 
  are 
  thus 
  of 
  rather 
  soft 
  sandstone, 
  easily 
  

   worn. 
  The 
  theory 
  imagines 
  this 
  operation 
  for 
  making 
  an 
  even 
  

   bow-string, 
  not 
  an 
  unlikely 
  thing. 
  Dr. 
  Abbott 
  described 
  one 
  of 
  

   these 
  stones, 
  and 
  said 
  they 
  had 
  never 
  been 
  figured 
  before. 
  They 
  are 
  

   not 
  common, 
  and 
  yet 
  have 
  a 
  wide 
  distribution. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  86 
  is 
  unusually 
  fine, 
  having 
  many 
  of 
  these 
  grooves 
  deeply 
  

   impressed 
  in 
  this 
  brown 
  sandstone 
  pebble^ 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  side 
  is 
  

   like 
  the 
  one 
  shown. 
  This 
  is 
  from 
  Binghamton, 
  and 
  three 
  and 
  seven 
  

   eighths 
  inches 
  long, 
  which 
  is 
  about 
  the 
  usual 
  size. 
  A 
  larger 
  one 
  

   from 
  Oneida 
  Lake, 
  has 
  grooves 
  and 
  notches, 
  and 
  is 
  five 
  and 
  one 
  

   half 
  by 
  two 
  inches. 
  Another, 
  from 
  Cayuga 
  Lake, 
  is 
  almost 
  tri- 
  

   angular, 
  and 
  has 
  deep 
  grooves 
  all 
  around. 
  This 
  is 
  three 
  and 
  one 
  

   half 
  by 
  two 
  and 
  one 
  quarter 
  inches. 
  A 
  brown 
  sandstone 
  pebble 
  

   from 
  Seneca 
  County, 
  three 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  by 
  two 
  and 
  three 
  quarters 
  

   inches, 
  has 
  grooves 
  only 
  at 
  one 
  end. 
  These, 
  of 
  course, 
  increase 
  in 
  

   number 
  and 
  depth 
  through 
  use. 
  One, 
  from 
  Onondaga 
  Lake, 
  has 
  

   deep 
  grooves, 
  and 
  is 
  three 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  inches 
  long. 
  One 
  of 
  grey 
  

   sandstone, 
  from 
  Schoharie 
  County, 
  has 
  similar 
  grooves, 
  and 
  is 
  four 
  

   and 
  one 
  fourth 
  inches 
  in 
  length. 
  A 
  much 
  larger 
  one 
  of 
  grey 
  sand- 
  

   stone, 
  from 
  Oswego 
  Falls, 
  has 
  but 
  sHght 
  grooves, 
  being 
  a 
  hard 
  

   stone. 
  Several 
  come 
  from 
  Brewerton, 
  but 
  this 
  enumeration 
  will 
  

   show 
  their 
  distribution 
  and 
  leading 
  features. 
  The 
  drawing 
  of 
  thread 
  

   through 
  beeswax 
  will 
  illustrate 
  their 
  appearance 
  and 
  possible 
  mode 
  

   of 
  formation. 
  The 
  general 
  form, 
  of 
  course, 
  will 
  be 
  that 
  of 
  the 
  

   pebble, 
  and 
  the 
  marks 
  will 
  vary 
  with 
  use. 
  

  

  