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  YORK 
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  very 
  uniform 
  in 
  depth 
  and 
  width. 
  Occasionally 
  small 
  stones 
  are 
  

   grooved 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  way. 
  Fig. 
  241 
  is 
  a 
  reduction 
  of 
  one 
  of 
  these 
  

   from 
  the 
  Minden 
  earthwork, 
  south 
  of 
  Fort 
  Plain. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  block 
  of 
  

   sandstone, 
  15 
  by 
  18 
  inches 
  across, 
  and 
  has 
  two 
  grooves 
  of 
  the 
  

   usual 
  width 
  and 
  character. 
  

  

  Another 
  of 
  these, 
  but 
  much 
  smaller, 
  comes 
  from 
  Schoharie, 
  and 
  

   is 
  five 
  and 
  three 
  fourths 
  by 
  three 
  and 
  three 
  fourths 
  inches. 
  This 
  

   has 
  three 
  parallel 
  and 
  one 
  cross 
  groove, 
  but 
  they 
  are 
  reported 
  much 
  

   narrower 
  than 
  usual, 
  being 
  but 
  little 
  over 
  a 
  quarter 
  of 
  an 
  inch 
  wide. 
  

   The 
  block 
  is 
  of 
  grey 
  sandstone. 
  Another 
  small 
  one 
  comes 
  from 
  

   Frenchman's 
  Island, 
  in 
  Oneida 
  Lake. 
  In 
  this 
  the 
  groove 
  is 
  three 
  

   quarters 
  of 
  an 
  inch 
  wide, 
  with 
  another 
  partly 
  within 
  it. 
  A 
  few 
  

   other 
  small 
  ones 
  have 
  been 
  found, 
  but 
  usually 
  large 
  boulders 
  were 
  

   used. 
  Of 
  these 
  larger 
  ones 
  Dr. 
  Rau 
  mentioned 
  some 
  in 
  Massachu- 
  

   setts 
  and 
  New 
  York. 
  

  

  One 
  of 
  clay 
  slate 
  and 
  of 
  irregular 
  form 
  comes 
  from 
  Dutchess 
  

   County, 
  and 
  is 
  17 
  by 
  13 
  inches, 
  and 
  seven 
  inches 
  thick. 
  It 
  has 
  one 
  

   perfect 
  groove, 
  now 
  10 
  inches 
  long, 
  but 
  originally 
  more. 
  This 
  is 
  half 
  

   an 
  inch 
  wide 
  and 
  three 
  eighths 
  deep. 
  Another 
  groove 
  is 
  unfinished. 
  

   One 
  from 
  Deming's 
  Point 
  is 
  broken 
  through 
  the 
  center 
  of 
  the 
  

   second 
  groove. 
  This 
  is 
  now 
  10 
  inches 
  long, 
  but 
  originally 
  more. 
  

   The 
  width 
  is 
  five 
  eighths 
  and 
  depth 
  three 
  eighths 
  of 
  an 
  inch. 
  Striae 
  

   appear 
  in 
  both. 
  

  

  The 
  most 
  remarkable 
  of 
  the 
  large 
  grooved 
  boulders^ 
  is 
  that 
  de- 
  

   scribed 
  by 
  Clark 
  in 
  his 
  history 
  of 
  Onondaga, 
  and 
  it 
  was 
  the 
  first 
  to 
  

   attract 
  much 
  attention. 
  The 
  Gothic 
  letters 
  XIIIII 
  fairly 
  represent 
  

   the 
  arrangement 
  of 
  the 
  grooves. 
  The 
  boulder 
  is 
  of 
  corniferous 
  

   limestone, 
  23J 
  by 
  2.2 
  inches 
  across. 
  The 
  grooves 
  are 
  wider 
  than 
  

   usual, 
  being 
  three 
  quarters 
  of 
  an 
  inch, 
  and 
  the 
  striae 
  are 
  obscure. 
  

   The 
  longest 
  groove 
  is 
  about 
  15 
  inches. 
  It 
  was 
  in 
  the 
  ravine 
  by 
  the 
  

   old 
  Indian 
  Fort 
  in 
  Pompey, 
  reputedly 
  of 
  recent 
  occupation. 
  

   Another 
  from 
  that 
  vicinity 
  is 
  also 
  of 
  limestone, 
  26 
  by 
  22 
  inches 
  

   across. 
  There 
  are 
  seven 
  grooves 
  irregularly 
  dispersed, 
  five 
  eighths 
  

   wide 
  and 
  three 
  eighths 
  of 
  an 
  inch 
  deep. 
  The 
  grooves 
  are 
  about 
  

   seven 
  to 
  12 
  inches 
  in 
  length. 
  A 
  small 
  block 
  of 
  blue 
  limestone, 
  much 
  

   weathered, 
  has 
  two 
  grooves. 
  Another 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  condition, 
  has 
  

  

  