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  NEW 
  YORK 
  STATE 
  MUSEUM 
  

  

  some 
  wooden 
  handles, 
  and 
  the 
  perforation 
  gradually 
  contracts, 
  

   showing 
  an 
  important 
  difference 
  in 
  the 
  mode 
  of 
  drilling. 
  The 
  size 
  

   is 
  four 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  long 
  by 
  one 
  and 
  one 
  fourth 
  inches 
  in 
  diameter. 
  

   The 
  illustration 
  is 
  reduced. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  130 
  is 
  a 
  large 
  and 
  angular 
  tube 
  of 
  soapstone, 
  much 
  curved, 
  

   and 
  with 
  a 
  raised 
  band 
  in 
  the 
  central 
  part. 
  It 
  is 
  eight 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  

   inches 
  long, 
  and 
  is 
  from 
  Allegany 
  County. 
  The 
  same 
  form 
  occurs 
  

   in 
  Tennessee, 
  but 
  is 
  rare. 
  

  

  Three 
  of 
  a 
  greenish 
  white 
  and 
  soft 
  slate 
  were 
  found 
  in 
  a 
  grave 
  by 
  

   Otisco 
  Lake 
  some 
  years 
  since. 
  They 
  are 
  in 
  fragments, 
  all 
  of 
  which 
  

   were 
  not 
  saved, 
  and 
  are 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  general 
  character 
  as 
  the 
  first 
  

   described 
  from 
  Palatine 
  Bridge. 
  The 
  expanded 
  end 
  is 
  one 
  and 
  

   three 
  eighths 
  inches 
  in 
  diameter, 
  and 
  the 
  general 
  thickness 
  is 
  one 
  

   and 
  one 
  eighth 
  inches, 
  thus 
  closely 
  corresponding 
  in 
  size. 
  Full 
  

   accounts 
  of 
  those 
  at 
  Palatine 
  Bridge 
  and 
  Swanton 
  have 
  been 
  pub- 
  

   lished 
  in 
  the 
  American 
  Naturalist, 
  and 
  some 
  particulars 
  regarding 
  

   the 
  Otisco 
  tubes 
  may 
  be 
  of 
  interest. 
  They 
  were 
  unearthed 
  many 
  

   years 
  ago, 
  in 
  digging 
  foundations 
  for 
  a 
  barn 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  side 
  of 
  

   Otisco 
  Lake, 
  and 
  were 
  thrown 
  into 
  a 
  soap 
  box 
  with 
  other 
  things, 
  

   some 
  of 
  which 
  were 
  taken 
  away 
  from 
  time 
  to 
  time. 
  Two 
  skeletons 
  

   lay 
  side 
  by 
  side 
  with 
  them, 
  well 
  preserved; 
  also 
  arrow 
  points, 
  and 
  

   lumps 
  of 
  red 
  and 
  white 
  paint. 
  They 
  were 
  about 
  two 
  feet 
  under 
  

   ground, 
  and 
  the 
  skeletons 
  had 
  their 
  heads 
  to 
  the 
  west. 
  Among 
  the 
  

   fragments 
  left 
  are 
  two 
  perforated 
  end 
  pieces, 
  and 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  other 
  

   pieces 
  indicates 
  at 
  least 
  three 
  tubes. 
  Being 
  broken 
  the 
  circular 
  

   lines 
  of 
  the 
  boring 
  within 
  are 
  plainly 
  seen, 
  and 
  the 
  perforation 
  

   rapidly 
  contracts 
  near 
  the 
  small 
  hole 
  by 
  a 
  series 
  of 
  four 
  or 
  five 
  cir- 
  

   cular 
  ridges. 
  Some 
  of 
  the 
  fragments 
  are 
  stained 
  within 
  and 
  without 
  

   with 
  red 
  paint, 
  but 
  probably 
  did 
  not 
  contain 
  this. 
  The 
  graves 
  were 
  

   on 
  Mr. 
  Van 
  Benthuysen's 
  farm 
  north 
  of 
  Amber. 
  

  

  One 
  of 
  reddish 
  grey 
  sandstone, 
  found 
  east 
  of 
  the 
  Seneca 
  River 
  in 
  

   1 
  84 
  1, 
  and 
  therefore 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  earliest 
  brought 
  to 
  Hght, 
  was 
  described 
  

   by 
  the 
  owner 
  as 
  a 
  stone 
  faucet, 
  which 
  it 
  resembles. 
  It 
  is 
  tapering, 
  

   and 
  thickest 
  near 
  the 
  center. 
  The 
  length 
  is 
  six 
  and 
  one 
  eighth 
  

   inches, 
  and 
  the 
  diameter 
  one 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  in 
  the 
  thickest 
  part. 
  The 
  

   orifice 
  is 
  three 
  fourths 
  and 
  five 
  eighths 
  of 
  an 
  inch. 
  

  

  