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  Avidth 
  is 
  four 
  and 
  three 
  fourths 
  and 
  the 
  height 
  six 
  and 
  three 
  eighths 
  

   inches. 
  It 
  is 
  not 
  thick. 
  Another, 
  found 
  with 
  it, 
  differs 
  shghtly 
  

   from 
  it 
  in 
  size 
  and 
  form. 
  The 
  height 
  is 
  the 
  same, 
  but 
  the 
  base 
  

   becomes 
  seven 
  and 
  one 
  fourth 
  inches 
  wide. 
  This 
  is 
  of 
  black 
  slate. 
  

   There 
  is 
  a 
  ruder 
  and 
  smaller 
  one 
  in 
  the 
  Toronto 
  collection, 
  from 
  

   West 
  Ontario, 
  which 
  has 
  but 
  one 
  hole. 
  It 
  is 
  five 
  and 
  three 
  eighths 
  

   inches 
  high 
  by 
  five 
  and 
  one 
  eighth 
  in 
  extreme 
  width. 
  These 
  are 
  

   all 
  that 
  have 
  been 
  reported 
  of 
  this 
  form. 
  The 
  figure 
  here 
  given 
  is 
  

   reduced. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  212 
  is 
  a 
  more 
  frequent 
  form 
  with 
  slightly 
  convex 
  edges, 
  

   coming 
  to 
  a 
  point 
  at 
  each 
  end. 
  In 
  this 
  article 
  these 
  points 
  have 
  

   been 
  broken 
  ofif, 
  the 
  original 
  length 
  being 
  six 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  inches. 
  

   The 
  width 
  is 
  one 
  and 
  three 
  eighths 
  inches, 
  and 
  it 
  has 
  two 
  holes. 
  

   The 
  material 
  is 
  bluish 
  grey 
  slate, 
  and 
  it 
  comes 
  from 
  the 
  Seneca 
  

   River. 
  Fig. 
  213 
  is 
  a 
  gorget 
  found 
  a 
  few 
  miles 
  from 
  the 
  last, 
  and 
  is 
  

   nearly 
  triangular. 
  The 
  material 
  is 
  a 
  banded 
  red 
  slate, 
  and 
  there 
  is 
  

   but 
  one 
  hole. 
  It 
  is 
  five 
  and 
  three 
  fourths 
  inches 
  long, 
  two 
  and 
  three 
  

   quarters 
  at 
  the 
  broad 
  end; 
  the 
  narrow 
  end 
  three 
  quarters 
  of 
  an 
  

   inch 
  wide. 
  Both 
  these 
  are 
  reduced 
  in 
  the 
  illustration. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  217 
  is 
  a 
  rare 
  form, 
  the 
  upper 
  and 
  lower 
  edges 
  being 
  curved 
  

   and 
  parallel, 
  with 
  the 
  upper 
  line 
  longest. 
  The 
  ends 
  are 
  straight, 
  

   but 
  not 
  parallel, 
  and 
  there 
  are 
  three 
  holes 
  near 
  the 
  center. 
  It 
  is 
  

   of 
  grey 
  striped 
  slate, 
  and 
  was 
  found 
  near 
  the 
  Oneida 
  River. 
  Fig. 
  

   218 
  has 
  curving 
  sides 
  which 
  do 
  not 
  reach 
  a 
  point 
  at 
  the 
  ends. 
  It 
  

   is 
  of 
  brown 
  slate, 
  and 
  the 
  edges 
  are 
  moderately 
  convex. 
  It 
  has 
  

   two 
  holes, 
  and 
  the 
  length 
  is 
  five 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  with 
  a 
  width 
  of 
  two 
  

   inches. 
  It 
  was 
  found 
  west 
  of 
  Onondaga 
  Lake. 
  Fig. 
  22-^' 
  is 
  of 
  

   similar 
  but 
  broader 
  form, 
  and 
  has 
  two 
  holes, 
  perforated 
  mainly 
  from 
  

   one 
  side. 
  The 
  stone 
  is 
  striped 
  with 
  cream 
  color 
  and 
  purple, 
  and 
  is 
  

   of 
  handsome 
  material. 
  It 
  was 
  found 
  near 
  Beaver 
  Lake, 
  Lysander, 
  

   and 
  is 
  six 
  inches 
  long 
  by 
  one 
  and 
  three 
  quarters 
  wide. 
  Fig. 
  224 
  

   is 
  a 
  curious 
  gorget 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  western 
  part 
  of 
  Onondaga 
  County. 
  

   The 
  base 
  and 
  top 
  are 
  slightly 
  convex, 
  and 
  the 
  lateral 
  edges 
  are 
  

   -concave. 
  Two 
  of 
  the 
  angles 
  are 
  rounded. 
  It 
  has 
  two 
  holes, 
  and 
  is 
  

   sharp. 
  The 
  length 
  is 
  four 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  and 
  the 
  extreme 
  width 
  two 
  

   inches. 
  The 
  material 
  is 
  striped 
  slate. 
  

  

  