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He greatly deplores the fact that so many small yet valuable collec- 

 tions are being bought up and taken from the state. I hope that 

 contemplated field work may soon increase our knowledge of town 

 and camp sites. My thanks are due to many who have invited me 

 to share in their explorations. 



There are some things to add to what has been said of articles of 

 polished stone. Mention has been made in a preceding bulletin of 

 a fine, perforated stone ball, having a surface groove parallel to the 

 perforation. This is from Genesee county and belongs to the state 

 museum. I have since seen another fine example, found in Chau- 

 tauqua county. To these may now be added a similar, but rarer 

 form, heretofore reported only in Ohio. It is a flattened ball of 

 polished gneiss, the short diameter being If- inches, and the long 2-J- 

 inches. The perforation is through the short diameter, and parallel 

 to this, the surface is flattened, nearly a third of the long diameter 

 being removed. It was found about 50 years ago in Marshall, 

 Oneida co. 



The long, slender and often double-pointed celts may now be 

 assigned to the 16th century and the Iroquois, examples having 

 been found on the Christopher site in Pompey. The flattened and 

 constricted stone pipes, most nearly represented among the articles 

 of polished stone by fig. 112, are now conclusively proved to belong 

 to the 17th century, as before asserted. One with a perforated base 

 was recently found in a grave at Brewerton, associated with 

 European articles. 



Yisits to various sites and collections have added much to a 

 knowledge of New York earthenware. Jefferson county is rich in 

 pottery of bold designs, and vessels with handles and projecting 

 beaks occur there. Excavation shows many new patterns and 

 features. On Chaumont bay I dug up a little of the curious pot- 

 tery which is partly ornamented by making an incision within, pro- 

 ducing a small circular boss on the outside by pressure. This is 

 not common even there. Some of the vessels have a bright look, 

 caused by mixing a quantity of yellow mica with the clay. This is 

 occasional elsewhere. In that county I have observed small rude 

 faces on some clay vessels, and a rude attempt at a nose in connec- 

 tion with the three conventional circles. 



