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  YORK 
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  base 
  is 
  concave, 
  with 
  rounded 
  angles, 
  and 
  the 
  edges 
  gracefully 
  curve 
  

   to 
  the 
  sharp 
  point. 
  One 
  of 
  similar 
  length 
  and 
  general 
  outline, 
  from 
  

   the 
  same 
  place, 
  is 
  little 
  more 
  than 
  half 
  this 
  width. 
  Fig. 
  io6 
  shows 
  

   a 
  beautiful 
  spear 
  or 
  knife 
  of 
  fine 
  white 
  and 
  somewhat 
  translucent 
  

   quartz, 
  from 
  Oneida 
  lake. 
  It 
  is 
  so 
  thin 
  and 
  even 
  that 
  it 
  might 
  well 
  

   be 
  called 
  a 
  knife, 
  but 
  it 
  would 
  have 
  served 
  for 
  a 
  spear 
  quite 
  as 
  well. 
  

   The 
  length 
  is 
  four 
  and 
  seven 
  eighths 
  inches, 
  and 
  it 
  is 
  scarcely 
  three 
  

   eighths 
  of 
  an 
  inch 
  thick. 
  The 
  greatest 
  breadth 
  would 
  have 
  been 
  full 
  

   two 
  inches, 
  had 
  not 
  an 
  angle 
  of 
  the 
  base 
  been 
  broken. 
  Another 
  

   beautiful 
  example 
  of 
  dark 
  jasper, 
  from 
  the 
  shores 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  lake, 
  is 
  

   nine 
  and 
  three 
  eighths 
  inches 
  long, 
  and 
  two 
  and 
  seven 
  eighths 
  wide. 
  

   The 
  base 
  is 
  straight, 
  and 
  the 
  convex 
  sides 
  slightly 
  expand 
  toward 
  

   the 
  center. 
  A 
  beautiful 
  lance-head 
  from 
  the 
  Oswego 
  river, 
  has 
  lost 
  

   half 
  an 
  inch 
  from 
  its 
  point, 
  but 
  is 
  still 
  seven 
  and 
  three 
  quarters 
  inches 
  

   long. 
  It 
  is 
  one 
  and 
  seven 
  eighths 
  inches 
  wide 
  at 
  the 
  sHghtly 
  curved 
  

   base, 
  whence 
  it 
  tapers 
  to 
  the 
  point. 
  A 
  similar 
  one 
  of 
  grey 
  quartz, 
  

   from 
  the 
  same 
  place, 
  is 
  live 
  inches 
  long, 
  and 
  two 
  inches 
  wide. 
  The 
  

   straight 
  edges 
  taper 
  almost 
  to 
  the 
  point, 
  which 
  they 
  form 
  by 
  quickly 
  

   curved 
  lines. 
  Fig. 
  107 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  handsome 
  one 
  of 
  white 
  mottled 
  

   quartz, 
  three 
  and 
  five 
  eighths 
  inches 
  long, 
  and 
  is 
  also 
  from 
  Oswego 
  

   county. 
  The 
  base 
  is 
  slightly 
  rounded, 
  almost 
  immediately 
  reaching 
  

   the 
  extreme 
  width 
  of 
  one 
  and 
  five 
  sixteenths 
  inches, 
  and 
  thence 
  slop- 
  

   ing 
  in 
  nearly 
  straight 
  lines 
  to 
  the 
  point. 
  

  

  Fig. 
  108 
  is 
  a 
  very 
  remarkable 
  specimen 
  in 
  every 
  way. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  

   fragment 
  of 
  a 
  very 
  large 
  spear 
  apparently, 
  and 
  is 
  very 
  evenly 
  chipped. 
  

   The 
  material 
  is 
  a 
  dark 
  green 
  jasper, 
  and 
  the 
  straight 
  and 
  sharp 
  base 
  

   is 
  four 
  inches 
  wide. 
  The 
  thickness 
  is 
  but 
  five 
  eighths 
  inches. 
  Nine 
  

   inches 
  from 
  the 
  base, 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  broken, 
  it 
  is 
  three 
  inches 
  wide, 
  and 
  

   if 
  continued 
  on 
  the 
  same 
  straight 
  lines 
  to 
  a 
  sharp 
  point, 
  it 
  would 
  

   have 
  been 
  nearly 
  or 
  quite 
  three 
  feet 
  long. 
  It 
  is 
  hardly 
  probable 
  that 
  

   this 
  could 
  have 
  been. 
  It 
  is 
  remarkably 
  flat, 
  and 
  possibly 
  may 
  have 
  

   been 
  used 
  as 
  an 
  axe, 
  the 
  base 
  forming 
  the 
  cutting 
  edge, 
  in 
  that 
  case. 
  

  

  Stemmed 
  forms 
  occur, 
  with 
  and 
  without 
  notches. 
  Fig. 
  109 
  is 
  quite 
  

   broad, 
  and 
  has 
  parallel 
  sides, 
  slightly 
  notched 
  at 
  the 
  expanded 
  base. 
  

   The 
  point 
  is 
  quite 
  obtuse, 
  and 
  the 
  full 
  length 
  three 
  and 
  three 
  quarters 
  

   inches, 
  with 
  an 
  average 
  breadth 
  of 
  one 
  and 
  five 
  eighths 
  inches. 
  The 
  

  

  