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st fiction, or barb at tlie point. Of twelve bone implements figured by Wynian 

 from the New England shell beaps, five only are similar to the Florida speci- 

 mens. 



Of ten horn implements figured from Omori only two may be considered as 

 identical with the Florida forms, and these are bodkins. These two also bear a 

 slight resemblance to one or two figured from New England. The remaining 

 ones are quite unlike the Florida, or the New England specimens. This mark- 

 ed difference in implements of so primitive a nature is worthy of attention, ami 

 particularly so, since the relation these are supposed to bear to the Aino ought 

 also in turn resemble Ihe New Englund specimens, which bear such a resemb- 

 lance to the horn and bone implements in u^e among the Esquimaux and Aleu- 

 tians. The implements of this nature in the Omori Mounds are, with few ex- 

 ceptions, made of fragments of deer's antlers. The common use of this material 

 is shown by the frequency with which fragments of deers antlers cut at one or 

 both ends, were met with. These fragments were cut off by making a circular 

 groove round the antler, and then breaking the piece away. No examples of 

 diagonal cutting from each side, were met with, such as Wyman figures from 

 the New England mounds, though the circular groove method of cutting occurs 

 in the New England and Florida mounds. The natural prongs, much worn by 

 use, are common. 



The incisor teeth of the deer, and the canine teeth of the wild boar, are met 

 with in comparative abundance, and they all show marks of use. A very char- 

 acteristic horn handle is figured on Plate XVI Fig. 4. This was deeply and 

 smoothlj r perforated at one end, and a deer's incisor so nicely fitted into the 

 cavity, that the kind of tool held by this handle was evident enough. An ex- 

 quisitely wrought arrow point or fish lance point was fourd, made from a boar's 

 canine. The natural layer of enamel forming one face of it. Its shape is 

 peculiar, one side appearing to be broken away, making the outline unsymetri- 

 cal, but as this face is polished it is evidently intentional. In the museum of 

 the Kaitakushi, there is a silicious specimen of almost precisely the shape is 

 the one above described, and that it was intended for a similar purpose is un- 

 questionable. D.'. A. 0. 0. Gberts in his valuable work entitled " Les Prodaitu 

 de la Nature Japonahe et ChinoUe " figures it on plate VIII., fig 3. 



The bone cube made from the end of a deer's metatarsal is an odd shaped 

 piece ; the surfaces have been evenly ground down, and its use may possibly be 

 surmised by associating it with some game. 



A well defined hook made from a deer's antler is unique. A bird's bone hav- 

 ing two perforations is another object of interest. An irregular fragment of 

 bone has one end ground down to a cutting edge. A great many fish spines 

 were collected, which in many cases bear marks of considerable use. They 

 probably served as needles. The so cakis of the deer occur in great numbers 

 and nearly a'l of them show indications of wear. 



Wyman found the olecranon of the deer, used as an implement of some kind 



