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  to 
  bottom, 
  of 
  unequal 
  diameter, 
  but 
  each 
  broadest 
  at 
  the 
  base. 
  The 
  

   material 
  is 
  striped 
  slate, 
  and 
  it 
  was 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  side 
  of 
  Cayuga 
  

   Lake. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  155 
  has 
  a 
  slightly 
  curved 
  base, 
  with 
  a 
  convex 
  sweep; 
  the 
  upper 
  

   surface 
  having 
  a 
  much 
  greater 
  convexity. 
  A 
  groove 
  is 
  carried 
  

   through 
  the 
  base, 
  hollowing 
  it 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  true 
  boat 
  stones. 
  It 
  is 
  of 
  

   green 
  slate, 
  striped, 
  and 
  has 
  two 
  holes; 
  these, 
  as 
  in 
  other 
  cases, 
  

   being 
  drilled 
  from 
  the 
  lower 
  side, 
  and 
  are 
  broad 
  on 
  that 
  surface 
  and 
  

   small 
  above. 
  This 
  was 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  east 
  side 
  of 
  Onondaga 
  Lake, 
  

   and 
  is 
  three 
  and 
  three 
  fourths 
  inches 
  long, 
  one 
  and 
  one 
  eighth 
  wide, 
  

   and 
  three 
  fourths 
  of 
  an 
  inch 
  high. 
  The 
  outline 
  of 
  this 
  and 
  the 
  last, 
  

   from 
  above, 
  is 
  very 
  nearly 
  a 
  parallelogram. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  156 
  has 
  a 
  broad 
  broken 
  end, 
  which 
  has 
  been 
  smoothed, 
  and 
  

   this 
  is 
  perforated 
  somewhat 
  like 
  the 
  amulets; 
  a 
  terminal 
  hole 
  inter- 
  

   secting 
  that 
  bored 
  from 
  base 
  to 
  top. 
  The 
  other 
  end 
  resembles 
  the 
  

   tails 
  of 
  bird 
  amulets, 
  but 
  is 
  unperforated. 
  Another 
  hole, 
  however, 
  

   goes 
  from 
  base 
  to 
  ridge, 
  being 
  intersected 
  by 
  a 
  lateral 
  basal 
  groove. 
  

   Both 
  this 
  groove 
  and 
  the 
  terminal 
  perforation, 
  of 
  course, 
  are 
  second- 
  

   ary. 
  On 
  what 
  was 
  the 
  central 
  apex 
  is 
  a 
  small 
  nipple, 
  frequently 
  

   found 
  in 
  this 
  class 
  of 
  articles. 
  The 
  perfect 
  end 
  has 
  slight 
  notches, 
  

   and 
  the 
  material 
  is 
  brown 
  slate. 
  The 
  present 
  length 
  is 
  three 
  and 
  

   one 
  eighth 
  inches, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  one 
  and 
  one 
  eighth 
  in 
  height. 
  This 
  

   interesting 
  example 
  of 
  original 
  design 
  and 
  secondary 
  work 
  is 
  from 
  

   the 
  Oswego 
  River. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  157 
  is 
  of 
  green 
  striped 
  slate, 
  five 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  inches 
  long 
  and 
  

   one 
  and 
  three 
  eighths 
  high. 
  It 
  was 
  found 
  north 
  of 
  Cross 
  Lake, 
  

   and 
  has 
  the 
  two 
  customary 
  perforations, 
  one 
  before 
  and 
  one 
  behind 
  

   the 
  central 
  and 
  prominent 
  nipple. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  fine 
  example 
  of 
  this 
  form. 
  

   Some 
  smaller 
  Ohio 
  specimens 
  have 
  quite 
  a 
  pyramidal 
  outline, 
  and 
  

   the 
  nipple 
  is 
  like 
  a 
  small 
  ball. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  158 
  is 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  slate, 
  and 
  somewhat 
  like 
  a 
  low 
  pyramid, 
  

   but 
  the 
  opposite 
  sides 
  do 
  not 
  quite 
  meet 
  at 
  the 
  top. 
  It 
  is 
  four 
  and 
  

   one 
  fourth 
  inches 
  long, 
  one 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  wide, 
  and 
  one 
  and 
  one 
  

   fourth 
  high. 
  This 
  has 
  neither 
  perforation 
  nor 
  excavation, 
  and 
  is 
  

   from 
  the 
  Seneca 
  River. 
  

  

  