128 SMOKTNG-PIPES OF STONE. 



Fig. 4, same plate, represents a still shorter and broader specimen of 

 the same pattern of pipes. This example is made of light, bluish-gray 

 steatite, and formerly had a high polish. The diameter of the mouth is 

 l£ inches ; that of the base, one-half an inch. We have in this instance 

 these proportions brought more nearly than in any of the preceding to the 

 same proportional measurements of most of the pipe-bowls found in the 

 Atlantic coast States and in the interior of the country. 



Fig. 7, same plate, is of a much softer mineral, without polish, and 

 is somewhat irregularly shaped. The capacity is greater than some others 

 of the same exterior dimensions ; but the sides of the pipe, although of 

 less width than usual, are of uniform thickness. It is not as carefully 

 finished as the other pipes found in the graves. A fragment of the bone 

 mouth-piece still remains in the base of the pipe. 



Figs. 3 and 5, same plate, represent the two smallest examples of 

 these tubular smoking-pipes. They are of the same general appearance, 

 but one is more artistically finished than the other. Fig. 3 has a narrow 

 raised rim about the mouth, and two incised lines extend obliquely down 

 nearly the whole length of the pipe. These lines are cut in opposite direc- 

 tions and cross each other near the base of the pipe. It is probable that 

 they are intended as an ornament. Fig. 5 does not show the slight con- 

 vexity in outline noticed in Fig. 3. 



Fig. 3, Plate IX, represents a dark-blue steatite pipe of high polish, 

 but wanting the regularity of outline so marked in the majority of these 

 articles. This example is not circular in section, but distinctly flattened. 

 It is slightly convex on one side, while the surface shown in the plate is 

 slightly flattened. The base has a roughened mass of asphaltum surround- 

 ing it, through which projects the broken bone mouth-piece. This exterior 

 mass of asphaltum, which has much the appearance of an acorn-cup, is not 

 a common feature of these pipes. Usually that material is simply used 

 as a means of securing the bone to the base of the pipe ; but in this case it 

 is apparently intended as an ornament also. So considered, we have in 

 this example a decorated pipe, and thus dissimilar to those previously de- 

 described. Although there is little now to indicate the fact, it is probable 



