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rude "sinkers" of shell and of coralline limestone; a perforated disc of soft lime- 

 stone which, with some typical stone "sinkers," is shown in Fig. 10; a beautiful 

 and perfect "celt" of shell, wrought from the lip of Strombus gigas, about 7.5 

 inches long, of a type not found out of Florida in the United States, but present 

 in certain West India islands (Fig. 11); two smaller "celts" of shell; three 

 narrow, oblong strips carefully cut from the body whorl of a large marine univalve, 

 of the type we have referred to as found at Marco, two of which are shown in 

 Figs. 12, 13; a shorter and wider oblong section of shell, much polished (Fig. 14) ; 

 two centrally perforated discs of shell shown in Figs. 15, 16; a scoop-shaped 

 object of shell with rough incised decoration (Fig. 17) ; another, spoon-shaped, 

 also of shell (Fig. 18) ; a chisel of igneous rock, with bevelled cutting edge, 

 similar in type to the one from Marco, though somewhat larger. 



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Figs. 15, 16.— Discs of shell. Goodland Point. (Full size.) 



One of the most interesting features of this collection is a beautifully wrought 

 implement, probably of claystone, of a type not found in the National Museum, we 

 are informed by Professor Holmes. At one end is a carefully made bevelled cutting 

 edge; the other end originally tapered to a fine point. This specimen, Mr. Pettit's 

 son informed us, was found intact by him, but having been allowed to fall, it broke 

 into a number of pieces. These pieces, with the exception of a small fragment 

 from the pointed end, which he had lost, have been put together by us. The 

 present length is 13.12 inches, though the reproduction makes it a little greater; 

 the maximum diameter is .56 of an inch (Fig. 19). 



With the objects of shell and of stone obtained by us at Goodland Point were 

 two earthenware heads of birds, one probably representing a turkey head (Fig. 20) ; 

 the other, the head of a predatory bird, perhaps an eagle (Fig. 21). 



These heads, which doubtless served as handles of vessels, are interesting, owing 

 to the section whence they came, since no such heads were met with by us else- 



