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  the 
  bottom.' 
  This 
  was 
  another 
  use 
  of 
  the 
  flat 
  stone 
  sinker, 
  differing 
  

   sHghtly 
  from 
  its 
  use 
  in 
  nets. 
  The 
  poHshed 
  and 
  grooved 
  plummets, 
  

   so 
  distinct 
  from 
  these, 
  had 
  other 
  uses, 
  though 
  notably 
  most 
  abun- 
  

   da^nt 
  at 
  two 
  early 
  fishing 
  resorts. 
  The 
  grooved 
  pebbles 
  were 
  many 
  

   ■of 
  them 
  sinkers. 
  

  

  It 
  may 
  be 
  remarked 
  that 
  the 
  Hurons 
  and 
  others 
  placed 
  hurdles 
  in 
  

   streams, 
  with 
  nets 
  across 
  the 
  openings, 
  and 
  that 
  the 
  Oneidas 
  in 
  New 
  

   York 
  made 
  fish 
  pounds 
  with 
  two 
  rows 
  of 
  stakes 
  across 
  streams, 
  

   driving 
  the 
  fish 
  into 
  them 
  and 
  killing 
  them 
  there. 
  

  

  The 
  flat 
  stone 
  sinker 
  was 
  easily 
  made 
  by 
  the 
  aborigines, 
  and 
  in 
  

   fact 
  is 
  still 
  made 
  and 
  used 
  by 
  their 
  white 
  successors. 
  A 
  small 
  flat 
  

   stone 
  was 
  found 
  and 
  neatly 
  chipped 
  around 
  the 
  edge, 
  or 
  sometimes 
  

   left 
  almost 
  unchanged. 
  As 
  a 
  sinker 
  it 
  might 
  have 
  two 
  to 
  four 
  oppo- 
  

   site 
  notches 
  by 
  which 
  it 
  could 
  be 
  attached 
  more 
  securely. 
  If 
  used 
  as 
  

   a 
  quoit, 
  the 
  notches 
  might 
  be 
  omitted, 
  and 
  the 
  whole 
  surface 
  neatly 
  

   chipped. 
  This 
  was 
  the 
  sole 
  difference 
  between 
  these 
  two 
  forms, 
  

   which 
  might 
  be 
  large 
  or 
  small 
  in 
  either 
  case. 
  Occasionally 
  a 
  small 
  

   and 
  thin 
  smooth 
  pebble 
  is 
  found 
  on 
  a 
  village 
  site, 
  not 
  over 
  an 
  inch 
  

   across 
  and 
  with 
  two 
  opposite 
  notches 
  cut 
  in 
  the 
  edge. 
  These 
  have 
  no 
  

   relation 
  to 
  either 
  of 
  the 
  preceding 
  forms. 
  There 
  are 
  also 
  grooved 
  

   and 
  chipped 
  stones 
  of 
  considerable 
  size, 
  which 
  were 
  used 
  for 
  anchors, 
  

   but 
  these 
  are 
  somewhat 
  rare. 
  A 
  series 
  of 
  grooved 
  elliptical 
  pebbles 
  

   may 
  be 
  classed 
  with 
  those 
  of 
  picked 
  stone, 
  although 
  probably 
  net 
  

   sinkers. 
  They 
  occur 
  most 
  frequently 
  on 
  Cayuga 
  and 
  Seneca 
  lakes. 
  

  

  Some 
  of 
  the 
  flat 
  sinkers 
  are 
  quite 
  large. 
  Dr 
  Rau 
  figured 
  one 
  which 
  

   was 
  eight 
  inches 
  across, 
  and 
  one 
  and 
  three 
  eighths 
  inches 
  thick, 
  the 
  

   weight 
  being 
  two 
  pounds 
  and 
  fourteen 
  ounces. 
  Dr 
  Abbott 
  found 
  one 
  

   on 
  the 
  Delaware 
  river, 
  which 
  was 
  eight 
  inches 
  square, 
  and 
  had 
  four 
  

   notches. 
  The 
  weight 
  was 
  nearly 
  five 
  pounds. 
  Here 
  they 
  are 
  rarely 
  

   much 
  over 
  six 
  inches 
  across, 
  when 
  of 
  the 
  typical 
  form. 
  One 
  fine 
  

   one, 
  however, 
  unwrought 
  except 
  by 
  the 
  slight 
  notches, 
  is 
  nearly 
  

   seven 
  inches 
  across, 
  and 
  two 
  and 
  three 
  quarters 
  thick. 
  It 
  may 
  have 
  

   been 
  used 
  for 
  an 
  anchor, 
  for 
  which 
  it 
  is 
  well 
  fitted 
  in 
  every 
  way. 
  

  

  While 
  abundant 
  near 
  many 
  fishing 
  places 
  on 
  the 
  land, 
  heaps 
  of 
  

   them 
  have 
  been 
  found 
  in 
  Onondaga 
  lake 
  below 
  the 
  present 
  low 
  

   water 
  mark, 
  itself 
  the 
  result 
  of 
  drainage. 
  The 
  unnotched 
  forms 
  are 
  

  

  