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resembling fig. 220 of the bulletin on earthenware, with several frag- 

 ments. Three examples of a curious canoe-shaped pipe bowl have 

 also been found by him. Unio shell beads are also now in his 

 collection. 



Two articles are of high interest, though simple, and will be illus- 

 trated later. They are of carved wood, which fire has charred but 

 not destroyed. With one exception they are probably the oldest 

 remains of this kind in New York. 



Several interesting collections have been examined in and about 

 Gienville N. Y., through the kindness of Mr Percy M. Van Epps. 

 In one of these is a woman's knife unfinished, of the red slate of 

 Washington county, showing that it was made not far away. 



Several fine bird pipes of stone have been found, one of which is 

 in Col. Camp's collection at Sacketts Harbor, the gem of which is 

 a massive and highly polished stone pipe resembling a flying squirrel. 

 It is 6| inches long, by 2% broad. He has also a thin and highly 

 polished stone tube. A beautiful shell gorget comes from Savannah 

 N. Y., and is nearly 4 inches across. Other interesting finds will 

 not be mentioned now. 



At the last moment a supplementary note seems required. In Sep- 

 tember 1903 Mr John Mackay, of Niagara Falls, opened an ossuary of 

 the Neutral nation close by the Tuscarora reservation, of the approxi- 

 mate date of 1620. Iron axes and brass kettleswere found in this, 

 shell and metallic ornaments, sword blades and pipes, with a few 

 glass beads. The metallic beads were made from strips cut from old 

 kettles and rolled into cylinders, from 2 to 11 inches in length. Of 

 more interest were 24 rude rings of the same material, most of them 

 rolled into cylinders and bent into a circular form. A flat one served 

 for a finger ring and still encircled the finger bone. The others were 

 larger, from £ to if inches across, some overlapping and some just 

 meeting at the ends. A large one is 2 J inches across, doubled, beaten 

 flat, and then brought into a circle like the rim of a hat. A strip of 

 metal is folded over the ends and also beaten flat. 



The writer obtained one unique brooch too late to figure or describe, 

 to which reference has been made on page 94. It may be called of a 

 diamond form, each side being a narrow bar, curved over outside at 

 each end and forming a short hook. It measures i£ by 1^ inches. 



