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  and 
  browner 
  than 
  the 
  one 
  preceding 
  it. 
  Fig. 
  55 
  is 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  

   brownish 
  hornstone, 
  but 
  perhaps 
  more 
  like 
  Hmestone, 
  and 
  less 
  neatly 
  

   chipped 
  than 
  the 
  others. 
  It 
  is 
  also 
  more 
  symmetrical. 
  It 
  is 
  one 
  

   and 
  five 
  sixteenths 
  inches 
  long. 
  The 
  first 
  may 
  be 
  considered 
  extreme 
  

   forms 
  of 
  these. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  56 
  has 
  a 
  double 
  curved 
  base, 
  angular 
  in 
  the 
  center, 
  and 
  is 
  of 
  

   an 
  obscurely 
  banded 
  dark 
  blue 
  flint, 
  rather 
  thick, 
  and 
  two 
  inches 
  

   long. 
  It 
  comes 
  from 
  Seneca 
  river, 
  where 
  there 
  are 
  many 
  modifica- 
  

   tions 
  of 
  the 
  form. 
  Fig. 
  57 
  is 
  from 
  Wood 
  creek, 
  east 
  of 
  Oneida 
  lake, 
  

   an 
  early 
  thoroughfare 
  in 
  historic 
  times, 
  but 
  less 
  so 
  at 
  an 
  earlier 
  day. 
  

   It 
  is 
  of 
  common 
  flint, 
  two 
  inches 
  long, 
  and 
  has 
  the 
  double 
  curved 
  

   base 
  more 
  deeply 
  notched 
  than 
  the 
  last. 
  It 
  has 
  also 
  a 
  much 
  narrower 
  

   and 
  more 
  rounded 
  base, 
  this 
  being 
  less 
  wide 
  than 
  the 
  main 
  part 
  of 
  

   the 
  arrow. 
  They 
  are 
  sometimes 
  distinctly 
  barbed, 
  rather 
  than 
  

   shouldered. 
  A 
  beautiful 
  one 
  of 
  variegated 
  brown 
  flint, 
  two 
  inches 
  

   long, 
  comes 
  from 
  near 
  the 
  Seneca 
  river. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  58 
  is 
  from 
  the 
  same 
  vicinity, 
  and 
  is 
  of 
  a 
  light 
  brown 
  flint, 
  

   with 
  two 
  black 
  bands 
  appearing 
  on 
  one 
  surface. 
  It 
  is 
  quite 
  thin, 
  

   and 
  is 
  one 
  and 
  one 
  quarter 
  inches 
  long, 
  the 
  base 
  being 
  seven 
  eighths 
  

   of 
  an 
  inch 
  wide, 
  this 
  being 
  the 
  broadest 
  part. 
  The 
  form 
  is 
  quite 
  odd 
  

   in 
  several 
  respects, 
  being 
  somewhat 
  angular, 
  and 
  with 
  straight 
  con- 
  

   verging 
  sides. 
  Fig. 
  59 
  is 
  another 
  broad 
  and 
  peculiar 
  form, 
  less 
  

   prominently 
  notched 
  than 
  the 
  last, 
  but 
  almost 
  as 
  nearly 
  triangular. 
  

   It 
  is 
  of 
  drab 
  flint, 
  and 
  quite 
  thick. 
  The 
  length 
  is 
  two 
  and 
  one 
  half 
  

   inches, 
  and 
  the 
  breadth 
  one 
  and 
  five 
  eighths 
  inches. 
  It 
  comes 
  from 
  

   the 
  Seneca 
  river, 
  and 
  mig;ht 
  be 
  called 
  either 
  arrow 
  or 
  knife. 
  It 
  

   would 
  be 
  rather 
  heavy 
  for 
  the 
  former, 
  unless 
  used 
  at 
  close 
  quarters 
  

   or 
  in 
  shooting 
  fish. 
  It 
  must 
  be 
  remembered 
  that 
  much 
  of 
  the 
  primi- 
  

   tive 
  forest 
  archery 
  was 
  at 
  short 
  range. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  60 
  is 
  much 
  like 
  the 
  last 
  in 
  outline, 
  though 
  with 
  a 
  deeper 
  base, 
  

   like 
  some 
  preceding 
  forms. 
  It 
  is 
  small 
  for 
  so 
  neatly 
  made 
  an 
  imple- 
  

   ment, 
  being 
  considerably 
  less 
  than 
  an 
  inch 
  in 
  length. 
  This 
  is 
  of 
  

   light 
  colored 
  flint, 
  and 
  is 
  also 
  from 
  the 
  Seneca 
  river. 
  The 
  surface 
  is 
  

   even, 
  and 
  the 
  outline 
  very 
  symmetrical. 
  Fig. 
  61 
  resembles 
  the 
  last, 
  

   but 
  is 
  a 
  ruder 
  specimen, 
  being 
  quite 
  thick 
  and 
  ridged 
  through 
  the 
  

   center. 
  It 
  is 
  of 
  dark 
  flint, 
  one 
  inch 
  long. 
  This 
  form 
  is 
  quite 
  abundant 
  

  

  