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  Besides 
  this 
  there 
  was 
  a 
  bracelet 
  of 
  similar 
  smaller 
  tubes, 
  alternating 
  

   with 
  shell 
  beads 
  of 
  modern 
  form, 
  and 
  four 
  iron 
  implements. 
  This 
  

   determines 
  the 
  general 
  age 
  of 
  some 
  engraved 
  shell 
  gorgets 
  found 
  

   in 
  this 
  grave, 
  which 
  are 
  more 
  elaborate 
  than 
  those 
  of 
  New 
  York. 
  

   Thomas, 
  p. 
  337 
  

  

  Some 
  copper 
  cylinders 
  in 
  the 
  Toronto 
  collection 
  have 
  a 
  general 
  

   resemblance 
  to 
  these 
  recent 
  forms, 
  and 
  suggest 
  a 
  similar 
  use, 
  but, 
  

   while 
  the 
  arrangement 
  is 
  parallel, 
  about 
  the 
  diameter 
  of 
  the 
  beads 
  

   apart, 
  they 
  are 
  differently 
  attached. 
  Mr 
  Boyle 
  said: 
  

  

  This 
  cut 
  represents 
  nine 
  cylindrical 
  copper 
  beads 
  just 
  as 
  they 
  were 
  

   found 
  in 
  the 
  Tremont 
  Park 
  mound, 
  Tidd's 
  Island. 
  They 
  were 
  lying 
  

   on 
  a 
  piece 
  of 
  the 
  original 
  hide 
  or 
  leather 
  to 
  which 
  they 
  had 
  been 
  

   attached, 
  and 
  I 
  was 
  careful 
  not 
  to 
  disturb 
  them. 
  They 
  are 
  made 
  

   of 
  beaten 
  or 
  leaf 
  copper 
  rolled 
  into 
  their 
  present 
  shape. 
  In 
  length 
  

   they 
  are 
  from 
  f 
  of 
  an 
  inch 
  to 
  an 
  inch, 
  and 
  vary 
  from 
  -fe 
  to 
  -fa 
  of 
  

   an 
  inch 
  in 
  diameter. 
  The 
  fine 
  thongs 
  by 
  which 
  they 
  were 
  sewn 
  to 
  

   the 
  hide 
  are 
  still 
  adherent 
  to 
  the 
  underside. 
  Boyle, 
  1888, 
  p. 
  49 
  

  

  Some 
  examples 
  of 
  leather 
  belts, 
  adorned 
  with 
  brass 
  tubes, 
  have 
  

   come 
  before 
  the 
  writer, 
  and, 
  while 
  the 
  number 
  of 
  rows 
  may 
  vary, 
  

   the 
  same 
  plan 
  was 
  followed 
  in 
  all 
  New 
  York 
  specimens. 
  Parallel 
  

   and 
  vertical 
  cuts 
  were 
  made 
  in 
  the 
  leather, 
  in 
  regular 
  lines 
  along 
  

   the 
  belt, 
  and 
  each 
  division 
  was 
  wound 
  with 
  a 
  thin 
  piece 
  of 
  brass, 
  

   giving 
  a 
  pleasing 
  effect. 
  Several 
  rows 
  of 
  these 
  copper 
  or 
  brass 
  

   tubes 
  thus 
  encompassed 
  the 
  body. 
  

  

  Articles 
  of 
  this 
  kind 
  would 
  not 
  be 
  easily 
  lost, 
  or 
  if 
  so, 
  easily 
  pre- 
  

   served, 
  and 
  they 
  can 
  be 
  expected 
  only 
  in 
  the 
  graves 
  of 
  those 
  able 
  to 
  

   afford 
  such 
  ornaments. 
  Apparently 
  they 
  were 
  far 
  from 
  common, 
  

   and 
  but 
  two 
  have 
  met 
  the 
  writer's 
  eye. 
  Fig. 
  276 
  shows 
  one 
  of 
  

   several 
  fragments 
  of 
  one 
  of 
  these 
  belts, 
  taken 
  from, 
  a 
  Cayuga 
  grave 
  

   near 
  Fleming". 
  The 
  brass 
  tubes 
  in 
  this 
  are 
  of 
  considerable 
  size, 
  

   being 
  both 
  longer 
  and 
  wider 
  than 
  in 
  the 
  other 
  example. 
  In 
  its 
  

   fragmentary 
  condition 
  there 
  is 
  no 
  present 
  indication 
  of 
  its 
  width, 
  

   except 
  that 
  the 
  broadest 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  leather 
  may 
  be 
  supposed 
  to 
  

   approach 
  one 
  margin. 
  To' 
  the 
  three 
  remaining 
  rows 
  of 
  tubes 
  not 
  

   more 
  than 
  one 
  could 
  reasonably 
  be 
  added. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  277 
  is 
  a 
  broader 
  fragment, 
  which 
  has 
  more 
  rows 
  of 
  smaller 
  

   tubes. 
  There 
  are 
  five 
  of 
  these, 
  probably 
  all 
  those 
  belonging 
  to 
  the 
  

  

  