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are 3J inches long by i^ wide^ and it is broken on one side of the 

 rim. Viewed from the front the sides are nearly parallel. It was 

 little usied by the eastern Iroquois. 



A fragmentary bowl comes from a stockade site on the Seneca 

 river, having several rare features. There has been a high crest of 

 some kind, above the well-wrought human face^ the features of the 

 latter being quite prominent. The eyes have elevated and elliptic 

 rims, and the mouth a similar rim, but more angular. The face 

 seems to have been made separately, standing well out from the 

 bowl. The site is prehistoric Iroquois. 



The pipes with flanges on the sides of the stem, are not restricted 

 to the Cayuga district, a fine and ornamented one having been found 

 near the east shore of Cross lake. It is of a simple character, hav- 

 ing only grooves and lines of dots below the rim. 



Among the niched pipes inclosing human busts or faces, may be 

 mentioned one belonging to Mr A. E. Douglass, of New York, 

 and found in Madison county. The double arches are plain, and 

 the face, which is of a marked character, runs up into a high point, 

 suggesting a fool's cap. 



A fine and large turtle pipe is from an Onondaga village, occu- 

 pied in 1677. The upper shell forms the front of the bowl, which 

 opens about half way down the lower shell, the animal being placed 

 vertically. The claws and tail are well elaborated, but are under 

 the edge of the shell. The whole surface is ornamented with 

 groups of lines. 



A curious pipe is from Jefferson county, and represents a fresh- 

 water crayfish, whose tail extends beneath the stem. One of the 

 claws is broken, and the other entirely gone. There are rows of 

 dots along the back. The length is 3J inches. 



Two recent Onondaga pipes are worthy of note, both from a 

 village occupied in 1677. A long-bodied animal encircles the top 

 of the bowl of one, having the head and tail of a bear. Beneath 

 the body are four broad grooves and a chain around the bowl. The 

 head is parallel with the side of the bowl. The other has a well- 

 executed figure of a sitting man, whose feet are on the stem, and 

 whose hands are clasped across the knees. Grooves appear on the 



