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&re a few exceptions to this. Little need be said in regard to the 

 mode of forming awls, so simple was the process. Examples will 

 be given of the progressive stages of less common implements. 

 The smaller awls may be described first. 



Fig. 1 is a very sharp implement, and much thicker than most 

 -of this size. The broad end is neatly finished, and near that end 

 there is a distinct groove on the convex side. This may have 

 secured it more firmly to a handle. It is not as much rounded as 

 most of its class, but has well defined angles. It comes from the 

 fort west of Cazenovia, and is about 300 years old. On that site 

 many bone implements have been found. Fig. 2 is from the same 

 place, and was found by the writer. It is both sharp and slender, 

 and the notch on one side may also have been for attachment. The 

 longitudinal groove is natural, and the base is unfinished, as in most 

 ^examples of this kind. 



Fig. 6 is a curved awl, quite slender and nearly cylindric. The 

 base is rounded and has four grooves. From its finish and orna- 

 mental character, it may have been a hairpin. It is from a pre- 

 historic site in Pompey. 



Fig. 10 was in Dr. Hinsdale's collection, and was found by him 

 on the site last mentioned. This was a considerable town on a hill 

 in Pompey, where many beautiful articles of bone and horn have 

 been discovered in the ashes. It is a short and not very thick bone, 

 Hat on one side and a little rounded on the other. Both ends come 

 to a sharp point. It may be said here that all the figures are of 

 actual size unless otherwise noted, and that all articles are of bone 

 when not described as horn. The latter are comparatively few in 

 proportion. Fig. 11 is from the same place, and is a fine*flat bone, 

 sharp and highly polished. The base is neatly indented. Fig. 22 

 was found near it, and is a good representative of a large class where 

 .some original outline of the bone remains. Jaws of animals are 

 often worked merely to a sharp point, and the beaks of birds are 

 naturally ready for use. 



Fig. 23 is from the fort west of Cazenovia, usually placed at the 

 end of the 16th century. It is a narrow cylindric and tubular bone, 

 smoothly cut at one end and beveled at the other. It is a frequent 

 iorm, and some have thought it a primitive arrow point. 



