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Fig. 259 is a curious example, found by Dr Hinsdale on the north 

 side of the river at Brewerton. The general form is that of a broad 

 and polished knife, pointed at one end and rounded at the other. 

 The edges are rounded. There are two broad barbs on one side, 

 and one narrow. The latter is not sharpened like the rest, and is 

 formed by a half elliptic notch. The implement is broadest toward 

 the point. 



Fig. 268 was found at the mouth of Chittenango creek by Dr 

 Hinsdale, and is blackened by lying in the water. It is a small and 

 neatly made harpoon, with two small, dull barbs near the point. It 

 is widest in the middle, tapering regularly toward the ends. Fig. 329 

 is as large as the last is small, but is much reduced in the plate. The 

 length is 7-f- inches. It is from Rice's woods, and has a large per- 

 foration and two long barbs. It Is a good example of the later 

 Iroquois harpoons. These sufficiently show this class, but a few 

 others may be noticed. 



A large broken harpoon, with one barb and perforation, is 7J 

 inches long, and comes from the Atwell fort. A recent fine harpoon 

 was found on the site of East Cayuga in 1888, by W. W. Adams, 

 and has appeared in print. It is stained red, has two barbs on one 

 side, and the edges protrude near the base. It is 4 \ inches long, 

 and is shown in fig. 354. In the Richmond collection is a massive 

 unfinished harpoon from the Garoga site. It is 6f inches long. In 

 the Frey collection is a broken single-barbed harpoon from the 

 Otstungo fort. In the Yail collection is one which is unfinished and 

 large, being 7f inches long. The notches had been begun. In the 

 Waterbury collection is the head of a large unilateral harpoon, with 

 one large and prominent barb. The length is conjectural. Dr 

 Hinsdale found a curious broken harpoon on the island at Brewer- 

 ton, which seems unfinished. The four barbs on one edge are very 

 distinct, but their thickness on the outside is about the same as that 

 of the whole implement. They have not been sharpened in the 

 least. In the Hildburgh collection is one which is rude and broken. 

 It is 7 inches long, and has six barbs on one side. 



Fig. 240 in Prehistoric fishing is of a New York harpoon. Dr 

 Rau said of this, p. 150 : 



