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ble that many other kinds were formerly in use. As 

 nearly as could be gathered, the pear-shaped "sinker" 

 variety was considered the most efficient in sorcery. 



Why the sorcery stones were given their peculiar 

 shape it is not easy to understand, and the solution of 

 this problem must be left to the final consideration of 

 those more ingenious in such speculations than the 

 writer. ' 



J. P. McLean, in' the "Mound Builders," on page 

 163, figures an implement of hematite which he class- 

 es under the head "pendants," and remarks: "It may 

 have been used as a plummet or net sinker." 



In the year 1885, Mrs. Packard, a visitor to Santa 

 Barbara, discovered an interesting relic in the old In- 

 dian burial-ground at Dos Pueblos, about 18 miles 

 west from Santa Barbara, near the coast. This relic, 

 one of the so-called "plummets," is made of specular 

 iron ore. (See Fig. 29.) This, so far as my observ- 

 ation goes, is the first ot the kind found on this coast; 

 it resembles a specimen of the same material found 

 near Ouincy, 111., figured on page 232 of Abbott's 

 "Primitive Industry." 



I know of no ore of this character having been 

 found in this part of the country, and it is my opinion 

 that the greater portion of the charm stones found on 

 or near the coast were manufactured by tribes living 

 in the interior, and were articles of barter obtained 

 from tribes who excelled in making- the finest and 

 most potent charms. 



Fig. 8 represents an implement found in Napa 

 County, Cak, and is made of auriferous slate contain- 

 ing a streak of free gold; it had probably been brought 

 from the Sierra Nevada Mountains, and I have noticed 

 that the greater portion of the charm-stones found 

 appear to be made of rocks not found in the localites 

 where the implements were used, and the fact that 

 many of them are of fine workmanship and rare ma- 

 terial would go to show that they were not used for 

 ordinary purposes. 



During the past twenty years the writer has at va- 



