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pipes. It is not as symmetrical as the preceding and is more nearly cyl- 

 indrical in shape Interesting- features are the presence — in this case, at 

 some distance from the mouth — of a small piece of hoop-iron, that is also 

 rust-hound, and the fracture at the small end, where a piece has heen 

 broken off and the orifice subsequently closed by a mass of asphaltum. In 

 such condition, it is difficult to conceive of any use to which it might be put. 



Fig. 1, same plate, represents a beautifully-wrought and highly-fin- 

 ished pipe made of serpentine In shape and finish it is like the preceding, 

 and is somewhat larger than the two perfect pipes represented on the same 

 plate. The base has been slightly broken and the bone stem or mouth- 

 piece is wanting. 



Besides these four large specimens there are five others of the same 

 general pattern, varying somewhat in size, but not in shape or finish. 

 Among them is the largest pipe of the lot, measuring lOi inches in length. 

 This specimen is made of steatite, is smooth but not polished, and orna- 

 mented at the mouth with two parallel, narrow, raised rings. It still 

 retains a fragment of the bone mouth-piece, secured by asphaltum. The 

 others present no noteworthy variation from those already described. 



Fig. 1, Plate VIII, represents a smaller specimen of the same pattern 

 of smoking-pipe as that given on the preceding plate (Fig. 1). It is made 

 of dark, greenish-black steatite, is highly polished, and ornamented with a 

 slightly projecting, narrow, marginal rim at the mouth. This pipe has a 

 well-preserved bone mouth-piece, secured by asphaltum. It is very nearly 

 6 inches in total length. The diameter of the mouth is 1 inch ; that of the 

 base, one-half of an inch. 



Fig. 2, same plate, represents a pipe in all essential features the same 

 as the preceding. The sides are thicker, and there is less difference in the 

 diameters of the mouth and base respectively. The bone mouth-piece is 

 slightly curved ; a feature of interest, if it is not an accidental one, as this 

 curvature gives the bowl of the pipe a slight upward position, when the 

 stem is held between the lips, thus approaching the relative position of stem 

 to bowl in the ordinary forms of Atlantic coast stone pipes and of modern 

 smoking-pipes. 



