392 CERTAIN ANTIQUITIES OF THE FLORIDA WEST-COAST. 



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Fig. 43.— Shell 



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Fig. 45.— Shell 

 Eussell's Key. 



Fig. 44.— Shell 



Fig. 43, a Fulgur perversum from Fikahatchee Key, 

 with much of the shell removed, is greatly worn and 

 rounded at the beak. Presumably in its use a handle 

 was dispensed with. 



Fig. 44, a S trombus gigas, is the same type of imple- 

 ment as the preceding. It came from Goodland Point. 



Fig. 45 is a S trombus pugilis from Russell's Key, 

 with two holes to permit a handle to pass through to the 

 left of the axis. The beak is much chipped. In all proba- 

 bility, this little shell was used as a hammer to open 

 shell-fish, and is of the kind we found in such quantities 

 at Indian Hill. 



