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site near Munnsville N. Y., now in the writer's possession and 

 attached to a string of small disk beads. It is perforated laterally 

 at the base, and is in good preservation. In graves the teeth are 

 usually the best preserved parts of the human frame. 



Fig. 195 is another rare specimen from the Onondaga fort of 

 1696. It is the crown of a tooth neatly cut off and perforated for 

 suspension, the hole being at one corner. The grinding surface is 

 much worn, but it appears to be one of the lower side teeth of the 

 black bear. This is in the Bigelow collection. Fig. 188 is a per- 

 forated tooth from Pompey, owned by Mr Fitch. A similar one 

 was with it, and it is one of the front teeth of the woodchuck. 

 Fig. 293 is much like the last, but has been cut down to a greater 

 extent. It was found at Munnsville. 



Fig. 178 is part of a beaver's tooth, split and then ground flat on 

 the inside. It was found by Dr Hinsdale at Brewerton. Fig. 179 

 is another woodchuck tooth from the Christopher site, which is 

 notched like a saw. Such examples are rare. Fig. 296 is another 

 perforated and worked tooth of the beaver, found at Brewerton. It 

 is of a red color and quite large. 



Fig. 193 is an elk's tooth, perforated and ground off at the base. It 

 is in the Richmond collection. It was found on the Otstungo site. 

 Fig. 194 is another from Brewerton. The only work on this is the 

 perforation. Several found there were perforated and more or less 

 ground. Fig. 272 is from the Onondaga fort of 1696, and is in the 

 Bigelow collection. Another elk's tooth with it was cut off at one 

 end. Fig. 273 is a smaller tooth in the Burr collection, found on 

 the At well site. It is quite dark in color, and one with it was 

 opalescent. Fig. 274 is a smaller perforated tooth from a prehis- 

 toric fort a mile west of Baldwinsville and north of the Seneca 

 river. It is in the Bigelow collection. Elks teeth were and are 

 highly prized by the Indians, and now bring a high price. A few 

 more will be mentioned later. 



Fig. 294 has the appearance of a wolf's tooth, and is in the Buf- 

 falo collection, where there is another. Fig. 292 is similar and from 

 Geneva. 



Bears' teeth unworked are frequent ; and out of a great number 

 of those used for ornament a few selections are here made. They 



