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the stone or unskillfulness of the maker. This axe was donated by Mr. E. Eeid, of Lew- 

 istown. 



The otiher axes are as variable in size and shape as in material. Some have cutting 

 edges, others are sharpened to points, and others still are blunted until there is almost 

 no distinction to be made between them and the " hammers," which are simply ovate 

 stones with shallow grooves cut around them. The term " ungrooved axe," though con- 

 stantly met with In print, is not often used by the people. Their ideas of an axe imply 

 a handle passing through or lashed to the head. But the relics from the Swiss Lake 

 dwellings show axes passing. through their helves. A knotted club has a hole mortised 

 through its heavy end, into which the upper part of an ungrooved axe is iitted, and as 

 every blow on the edge serves to drive the axe more firmly into its handle, the imple- 

 ment or weapon must have been a very efficient one. The term "skinner," usually ap- 

 plied to these axes, is probably a misnomer. 



The most noticeable of the arrow heads is the large fiat one, made of flint, that re- 

 sembles moss agate. It measures four and three-fourths inches by two and one-eighth, 

 and is about one -fourth of an inch in thickness. Its size and regular shape make it con- 

 spicuous in the collection, but its full beauty can not be seen until it is held up against 

 a strong light. 



The arrow head of blue and white flint is also worth notice. It measures four inches 

 by one and five-eighths, and is very regularly formed, while the edges are sharp and 

 beautifully serrated with notches of about one-twelfth of an inch long. It must have 

 been a very efficient weapon, capable of giving severe wounds. 



The fine black spear head was presented by Professor Wright, of Eushsylvania. Un- 

 fortunately it was broken into three pieces, and the middle one, about one inch in length, 

 was lost. When entire, it measured six inches in length. 



The seven pestles, or mullers, show as many different forms, all well adapted to their 

 purpose, which was, doubtless, to grind grain. 



The stone described as a " rolling pin," for want of a better name, is, perhaps, the poor- 

 est specimen in the collection, and the one most liable to be distrusted. Made of a mi- 

 caceous and crumbling stone, it seems scarcely fit for any use. Its. length is nine and 

 three-fourths inches, and its diameter varies from one and one-fourth to one and one-half 

 inches, its general shape being that of a cylinder with rounded ends. 



It is by no means clear to me for what purpose the mas-i of brown sandstone, which I 

 have called "grindstone," was intended. In shape, it rudely approaches the ordinary 

 grindstone, having a diameter of about six inches and a thickness of three. On each of 

 its flat sides are two confluent hemispherical cavities of about one and one-half inches 

 in diameter. The two pairs of cavities happen to be placed at right angles with each 

 other, though probably by accident. Dr. H. H. Hill, of Cincinnati, has several similar 

 stones in his collection, and suggests that they were possibly used to round the ends of 

 horn and bone implements. This stone, with several others, was presented by Mr. Wm. 

 Barringer, of Bellefontaine, who dug it up in that town. 



The nine "slate ornaments" differ entirely in shape and workmanship from the other 

 relics, and seem to have been made by a different race of men. I have called them orna- 

 ments because unable to imagine any use to which they could be applied, and yet they 

 seem equally foreign to our ideas of decoration. Four of them are simply oblong slabs, 

 of about tour inches in length by two in breadth, and one-fourth of an inch in thickness, 

 pierced with one or two holes each. 



One is apparently intended to be suspended by one end, as shown by the position of 

 the hole. The other end is shaped somewhat like an arrow-head. Its length is five 



