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  These 
  perforations 
  form 
  the 
  most 
  important 
  feature. 
  The 
  amulet 
  

   may 
  be 
  but 
  a 
  simple 
  bar, 
  but 
  at 
  each 
  end 
  of 
  the 
  base 
  is 
  a 
  sloping 
  

   hole, 
  bored 
  from 
  the 
  end 
  and 
  base 
  and 
  meeting. 
  To 
  this 
  necessary 
  

   feature 
  may 
  be 
  added 
  a 
  simple 
  head 
  or 
  tail, 
  and 
  there 
  may 
  also 
  be 
  

   projecting 
  ears. 
  None 
  of 
  these 
  are 
  essential. 
  They 
  are 
  but 
  appro- 
  

   priate 
  or 
  tasteful 
  accessories. 
  

  

  Two 
  notable 
  collections 
  contain 
  a 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  amulets. 
  In 
  

   the 
  Canadian 
  collection 
  at 
  Toronto 
  there 
  are 
  about 
  fifty 
  bird 
  amulets 
  

   from 
  the 
  province 
  of 
  Ontario, 
  and 
  many 
  of 
  these 
  are 
  much 
  de- 
  

   pressed. 
  The 
  longest 
  is 
  six 
  and 
  three 
  eighths 
  inches. 
  Besides 
  

   these 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  score 
  of 
  bar 
  amulets, 
  a 
  very 
  much 
  rarer 
  form. 
  The 
  

   longest 
  is 
  six 
  and 
  one 
  quarter 
  inches. 
  They 
  are 
  mostly 
  of 
  striped 
  

   slate. 
  

  

  The 
  collection 
  of 
  Mr. 
  A. 
  E. 
  Douglass 
  is 
  larger, 
  having 
  70 
  bird 
  

   amulets; 
  35 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  from 
  Ohio, 
  and 
  16 
  from 
  New 
  York. 
  One 
  

   of 
  the 
  latter, 
  from 
  near 
  Auburn, 
  has 
  a 
  turtle-shaped 
  head. 
  His 
  col- 
  

   lection 
  contains 
  the 
  unusually 
  large 
  number 
  of 
  38 
  bar 
  amulets, 
  22 
  of 
  

   which 
  are 
  from 
  Ohio, 
  and 
  but 
  one 
  from 
  New 
  York. 
  The 
  latter 
  

   seem 
  quite 
  rare 
  here, 
  not 
  more 
  than 
  half 
  a 
  dozen 
  having 
  come 
  

   before 
  us. 
  Bird 
  amulets 
  are 
  much 
  more 
  frequent, 
  upwards 
  of 
  50 
  

   having 
  been 
  shown 
  us 
  in 
  various 
  places, 
  besides 
  those 
  mentioned 
  

   above. 
  

  

  They 
  were 
  variable 
  in 
  material 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  form, 
  although 
  most 
  

   commonly 
  made 
  of 
  striped 
  slate. 
  Perhaps 
  full 
  half 
  have 
  projecting 
  

   ears, 
  when 
  of 
  the 
  bird 
  form. 
  In 
  the 
  wider 
  forms, 
  usually 
  of 
  harder 
  

   materials, 
  there 
  are 
  often 
  cross 
  bars 
  on 
  the 
  under 
  side, 
  in 
  which 
  the 
  

   perforations 
  are 
  made. 
  Occasionally 
  these 
  are 
  not 
  entirely 
  en- 
  

   closed, 
  yet 
  are 
  without 
  signs 
  of 
  breakage. 
  This 
  seems 
  to 
  prove 
  

   that 
  these 
  were 
  not 
  intended 
  as 
  a 
  means 
  of 
  attaching 
  them 
  to 
  any 
  

   larger 
  object, 
  on 
  which 
  they 
  would 
  rest, 
  but 
  rather 
  for 
  fastening 
  

   articles 
  upon 
  them, 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  Zuni 
  amulets 
  already 
  mentioned, 
  and 
  

   which 
  were 
  illustrated 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Frank 
  H. 
  Gushing, 
  in 
  the 
  second 
  Re- 
  

   port 
  of 
  the 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Ethnology. 
  On 
  comparison 
  a 
  general 
  resem- 
  

   blance 
  to 
  these 
  will 
  be 
  seen, 
  and 
  in 
  a 
  few 
  cases 
  it 
  is 
  quite 
  striking. 
  

   That 
  they 
  were 
  used 
  in 
  this 
  way, 
  rather 
  than 
  in 
  those 
  suggested 
  by 
  

   others, 
  is 
  a 
  reasonable 
  conclusion 
  which 
  gains 
  strength 
  with 
  fuller 
  

   study. 
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