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ornamented with grooves near the base, and this feature suggests a 

 pin. Fig. 116 is a fine flat bone awl, highly polished all over, and 

 tapering from the broad base to the point. The reverse is slightly 

 concave. From the same site as the last. Fig. 128 is from the 

 same place, and is placed with the awls for convenience. It is a 

 hollow and nearly cylindric bone, well worked, and beveled for 

 more than half its length across the cavity of the bone, a rounded 

 point being produced. 



Fig. 312 is a fine and sharp bone awl, found by Dr Amidon in 

 the vicinity of Chaumont bay. Some lines may be for ornament. 

 One side is fiat and the other angular. Fig. 334 is one of the finest 

 bone awls seen by the writer. It is from the same region as the 

 last, and was found by Oren Pomeroy. In the plate it is reduced, but 

 is 8 inches long, quite straight on one side and but slightly emarginate 

 on the other. It is cut down so that the natural cavity appears for 

 two thirds of the length. The edges of this are highly polished, as 

 is all the convex surface. It is very sharp, and for its size very 

 slender. 



Fig. 335 is a slender and flattened awl, 8-f inches in extent. Both 

 edges are curved, the one being convex and the other concave. The 

 base is broad and convex, with a broad and curving notch toward 

 the inside of the implement, which is much reduced in the plate. 

 It was found on the border of Canajoharie village, in a grave which 

 contained a very fine and perfect R. Tippet pipe of white clay, and 

 is in the Richmond collection. Fig. 339 is a fine, long and slightly 

 curved bone awl, found by Dr Hinsdale at the mouth of Chittenango 

 creek. There is a small perforation near the tip. The width is 

 quite uniform, but with a broader base, and the general surface is 

 flat. In the plate it is reduced, being 8-J- inches long. 



In A. G. Richmond's collection is a fine and slender bone awl 

 from the Otstungo site, near Fort Plain. It is 7J inches long. A 

 line flattened and angular awl from Nichols pond is 4f inches long. 

 Besides others, Dr Hinsdale found a long and nearly straight bone 

 awl on the Sheldon site. It is 8 inches in length, and is angular. 

 Another bone awl from the same site, having a double curve, is 5J 

 inches long. 



In the Richmond collection are the following three awls. A fine 



