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by Dr. Yarrow. It is made of a piece of translucent chalcedony, of a yel- 

 lowish tinge, exhibiting distinct bands when held towards the light. Its 

 greatest thickness in the center is not over one-quarter of an inch, and its 

 edges and point are thin and sharp. 



Fig. 2 is a chipped implement, possibly an arrow point, with regular 

 serrated edges, slightly thicker than the preceding, and is made of a yel- 

 lowish jasper containing minute red spots. This implement was obtained 

 by Dr. Yarrow from the pueblo of Santa Clara, a few miles from San Ilde- 

 fonso, in New Mexico. 



Fig. 3 represents what is probably a knife, with a long stem below the 

 notches for attachment to a handle, and was obtained with the last men- 

 tioned at the pueblo of Santa Clara. Its surface is quite smooth, as if by 

 long use, or weathering, the little ridges left in flaking seemingly having 

 been worn away. The material is chalcedony, with similar red spots to 

 those noticed in the chipped point with serrated edges. 



Fig. 4. — The specimen represented by this figure is not among the 

 objects forwarded to me. It is very likely a slender dagger-like knife, 

 which was formerly mounted on a short handle. 



Fig. 5 is a leaf-shaped knife of yellow jasper, about a quarter of an 

 inch in thickness in the center and chipped down to a sharp cutting edge 

 all around. In size, shape, and material this implement is like many that 

 have been found in other parts of the country. It is a common form in 

 New Jersey, as shown by the specimens like it in the Abbott collection 

 of the Peabody Museum. This was obtained by Dr. Yarrow at the pueblo 

 of Taos. 



Fig. 6 represents a knife with a short stem, which has evidently been 

 made from a large flake of the jasper. The edges and the stem have re- 

 ceived slight secondary chipping. This is also a common form east of the 

 Mississippi. It was obtained by Dr. Yarrow at the pueblo of Santa Clara, 

 New Mexico. 



Fig. 7 presents a form of large chipped implements common to nearly 

 all parts of the country, which, while adapted for cutting, are not yet fully 

 understood. They are often called large knives, spear-points, or "toma- 

 hawks", and they may have been so fastened by the center to a handle as 



