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dian habits and customs. 



He accepts some theories which we have already 

 discussed, with the additional one that they were used 

 as spinning weights. This we can easily dispose of, 

 as the Indians of this locality used no textile fabrics 

 that required spinning or weaving, their toilet being 

 less elaborate than that of the Georgia militia colonel, 

 which consisted of epaulets and a paper collar. 



When not nude, the Indians used skins of wild ani- 

 mals for clothing, or tules tied in rows on strings of 

 sinew or bark, worn as aprons or skirts. 



As to these implements being used as pestles, there 

 are very few of the so-called plummets that could have 

 been used for such a purpose. It is generally an easy 

 matter to distinguish between the two, and reference 

 to Figs. 5, 6, 7, etc., will show that they could not be 

 mistaken for pestles, as the lower end is generally 

 pointed. 



Fig. i is perhaps the oldest known specimen of this 

 class of implements. It was found with several other 

 curious and unique implements under Table Mountain 

 in this State, and under some 200 feet of basalt. It 

 was made of a translucent carbonate of lime finely fin- 

 ished. 



In a "Catalogue of A Collection of Minerals of A. 

 Dohrmann," published by S. H. & H. Chapman, of 

 Philadelphia, 1886, we find "No. 1 r 34, slung shot or 

 sinker, described as an oval stone, with deep groove 

 around the edge; limestone, found 30 feet below the 

 surface in a gravel bed, Camptonville, Yuba County, 

 Cal., No. 1 135, plumb-bob; shape same as those used 

 by masons, pierced and grooved at end; serpentine; 

 perfect and very rare; found in Alameda County, 40 

 feet below the surface." 



Having endeavored to show what these implements 

 were not used for, we will try to show what their real 

 use was. 



The majority of surviving Indians do not seem to 

 know anything about them. One reason for this is 

 that they had superstitious notions that these stones 



