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CERTAIN SAND MOUNDS OF 



None exceeded ten inches in length, while 

 some were not over three or four inches long. 

 Nearly all forms were represented, including one 

 much hollowed out on one side like a gouge. A 

 number were split and broken at the cutting edge, 

 showing rough usage. In one case marks of 

 encircling thongs or cords were plainly visible 

 (Fig. 2). 



Arrow and Lance Points. — Nineteen arrow 

 and lance points, all of chert or of kindred mate- 

 rial, rewarded our search. No novel types nor 

 unusual sizes were represented. 



Miscellaneous. — At various depths during the 

 investigation, were a fragment of a boat-shaped 

 ceremonial (Fig. 3), several "sinkers," or pendent 

 ornaments, one gracefully fashioned from polished 

 trap rock (Fig. 4), and a number of small sheets 

 of mica ; also the enamel covering of the tooth of 

 a man-eating shark. The bony portion, which 

 may have contained a perforation for suspension, 

 was missing. It is not unlikely that such teeth 

 served to tip projectile weapons. 



In different portions of the mound were bits 

 of galena, sometimes several in association, the 

 largest being perhaps two-thirds the size of a 

 closed fist. On the base, at that point about 

 thirteen feet below the surface, were two lumps 

 of the lead sulphide and a cube of the same mate- 

 rial about "7 of an inch in diameter, perforated 

 for use as a bead — a bright and attractive orna- 

 ment when uncorroded. In no other mound of 

 the St. John's have we seen galena utilized as an 

 ornament. 



A number of perforated pearls were met with 

 fig. i. Spade-shaped implement, Mt. • wsoc i ation wit h small shell beads in various 

 Royal. (Full size.) 



portions of the mound. 



COPPER. 



Note. — The chemists who made analyses given on pages 34 and 39 of Part I of 

 this report now state that lead was present in the sulphuric acid used by them. These 

 analyses are, therefore, valueless and are withdrawn, as are remarks on copper on 

 page 35- 



