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  MISCE^IiliANBOUS 
  

  

  Fig. 
  220 
  is 
  an 
  elliptical 
  brown 
  sandstone 
  pebble, 
  two 
  and 
  one 
  six- 
  

   teenth 
  inches 
  long 
  by 
  seven 
  eighths 
  of 
  an 
  inch 
  wide, 
  and 
  having 
  a 
  

   central 
  groove 
  and 
  notched 
  ends. 
  It 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  a 
  sinker. 
  

   Fig. 
  236 
  is 
  a 
  perforated 
  ball 
  from 
  Elbridge, 
  found 
  near 
  an 
  earth- 
  

   work. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  soft 
  brown 
  sandstone, 
  one 
  and 
  seven 
  eighths 
  wide 
  by 
  

   one 
  and 
  three 
  eighths 
  inches 
  deep. 
  The 
  top 
  and 
  the 
  bottom 
  are 
  

   unequally 
  flattened, 
  and 
  the 
  diameter 
  of 
  the 
  opening 
  is 
  less 
  than 
  an 
  

   inch. 
  A 
  curved 
  yellow 
  stone, 
  much 
  like 
  a 
  horn 
  in 
  outline, 
  is 
  per- 
  

   forated 
  at 
  the 
  broad 
  base. 
  It 
  comes 
  from 
  the 
  Oswego 
  River. 
  

  

  Many 
  years 
  ago 
  a 
  fine 
  carving 
  made 
  from 
  the 
  black 
  slate 
  of 
  the 
  

   northwest 
  coast, 
  and 
  in 
  that 
  style, 
  was 
  found 
  in 
  Tioga 
  County, 
  but 
  

   whether 
  it 
  was 
  brought 
  by 
  an 
  Indian 
  or 
  lost 
  by 
  a 
  white 
  man, 
  may 
  be 
  

   a 
  question. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  characteristic 
  piece, 
  and 
  of 
  its 
  ultimate 
  origin 
  

   there 
  can 
  be 
  no 
  doubt. 
  A 
  Sandwich 
  Island 
  adze 
  was 
  found 
  in 
  Mar- 
  

   cellus 
  some 
  years 
  since, 
  but 
  the 
  cause 
  for 
  this 
  seems 
  clearer. 
  It 
  

   was 
  brought 
  there 
  by 
  a 
  recent 
  traveler, 
  was 
  lost 
  and 
  found 
  again. 
  

   Similar 
  instances 
  might 
  be 
  cited 
  of 
  unexpected 
  articles 
  found 
  even 
  

   in 
  Indian 
  hearths 
  and 
  graves. 
  

  

  Mr. 
  Fowke 
  considered 
  stone 
  cones 
  rare 
  in 
  the 
  South 
  and 
  West, 
  

   and 
  they 
  are 
  still 
  rarer 
  in 
  New 
  York. 
  A 
  true 
  stone 
  cone, 
  however, 
  

   comes 
  from 
  Jefferson 
  County, 
  and 
  is 
  two 
  inches 
  high. 
  They 
  have 
  

   been 
  reported 
  nowhere 
  else, 
  but 
  small 
  pyramids 
  occur. 
  A 
  pebble, 
  

   flattened 
  like 
  a 
  muller, 
  has 
  a 
  groove 
  lengthwise 
  from 
  the 
  flat 
  surface 
  

   at 
  each 
  end. 
  It 
  is 
  four 
  inches 
  long, 
  and 
  comes 
  from 
  Cayuga 
  

   County, 
  where 
  other 
  odd 
  forms 
  are 
  found. 
  An 
  oval 
  pebble, 
  with 
  

   perforations 
  representing 
  eyes, 
  has 
  its 
  edges 
  chipped. 
  This 
  is 
  from 
  

   Brewerton, 
  but 
  similar 
  things 
  occur 
  elsewhere, 
  being 
  usually 
  recent 
  

   forms. 
  Many 
  puzzling 
  pieces 
  are 
  probably 
  unfinished, 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  

   intention 
  of 
  others 
  we 
  know 
  very 
  little. 
  Some 
  doubtful 
  forms 
  have 
  

   been 
  passed 
  over, 
  there 
  being 
  no 
  present 
  occasion 
  to 
  discuss 
  their 
  

   authenticity, 
  while 
  others 
  of 
  undoubted 
  value 
  have 
  been 
  regretfully 
  

   left 
  unnoticed. 
  

  

  Plates, 
  blocks 
  and 
  ornaments 
  of 
  mica 
  have 
  been 
  found 
  in 
  Cayuga, 
  

   Cattaraugus, 
  Chautauqua, 
  Chenango, 
  Monroe, 
  Oswego, 
  Suffolk, 
  

   and 
  perhaps 
  other 
  counties. 
  They 
  are 
  quite 
  rare. 
  

  

  