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INDIAN NETSINKERS AND HAMMERSTONES. 141 
of the sinkers being from three to five inches, with a correspond- 
ing weight of from six to ten ounces. 
Figures 30 and 31 represent netsinkers of my collection in half- 
size, which weigh respectively eleven ounces and seven ounces and 
a quarter. The original of Fig. 30 is in the middle five-eighths of 
an inch in thickness, that of Fig. 31 is about seven-eighths of an 
inch thick. Sinkers with four notches also occur near Muncy, 
though not very frequently, and in these cases the notches are so 
placed that the stone was encompassed crosswise by the strings or 
thongs which connected it with the net. One of the specimens 
found at Muncy is even provided with seven indentations. The 
Fig. 32. 
t ( half palici size). 
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material of these netsinkers is almost exclusively a dnt- teenie 
silico-argillaceous stone of gray or brownish color, sometimes con- 
taining diminutive particles of mica, and consequently bearing the 
distinct character of graywacke. The latter kind of rock belongs 
to the geological formation of Muncy, and occurs also in numer- 
ous pebbles in the neighboring creeks, which empty into the Sus- 
quehanna. The Indians, therefore, had little difficulty in obtaining 
the stones used as sinkers. 
No greater skill was required in the manat of the hammer- 
stones. They are nearly always roundish or oval pebbles of a some- 
what compressed or flattened form, presenting in their een, 
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