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indicates that it was put to a different use, though this would not prevent 

 its' being used for the game of " chungke," as described by Adair. This 

 stone (P. M. 2299) was found in Marion County, Tennessee. Dr. Ran also 

 figures two similar stones from Ohio. 



Another of these perforated stones (P. M. 7803) is from Southeastern 

 Missouri. It, also, is made of quartzite, but is not over one-half the diam- 

 eter of the one from Tennessee. The outer portion is smooth and sym- 

 metrical. The concavity on each face begins close to the outer edge of the 

 stone and terminates in an irregular perforation of about three-quarters 

 of an inch in diameter. The irregularity of this stone is such as to suggest 

 that it has been subjected to hard usage of some kind. Allied to this is 

 a stone found in Chatham, Mass. (P. M. 2689, cast), which is probably sim- 

 ply a perforated pebble of a little over 2 inches in diameter, through which 

 a hole has been pecked from both sides. Two similar perforated pebbles 

 are represented on Plate X, Figs. 7 and 12. The locality from which the 

 latter were obtained is not known, though they are probably from New 

 England. They are of special interest, as being of the same character as 

 one recently received from the island of Santa Catalina, which is the rudest 

 of the perforated stones from California. 



In the large and important collection of stone implements secured by 

 Dr. Abbott in New Jersey are two small perforated stones. One of these 

 is a sandstone pebble from T^ to 2 inches in diameter, with a hole about 

 an inch in diameter, which was evidently bored, and not pecked, as in the 

 stones last mentioned. The other is about an inch in diameter, and is made 

 from a piece of steatite circular in form The hole in this was also made 

 by a drill. It is slightly countersunk, and is a quarter of an inch wide in 

 its smallest part. It is very difficult to assign a use to these rude speci- 

 mens. They may possibly be classed as sinkers, for which the heavier 

 one would answer very well, though probably no better than a notched stone, 

 which could be made with much less labor. The smaller one, however, 

 may equally well be considered as a bead or ornament. 



Mr. Jones, in his volume on the Antiquities of the Southern Indians, 

 has described and figured * a number of perforated pieces of steatite which 



*Page:«7, Plate XIX. 



