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ured by Mr. Evans on page 273 of his “ Ancient Stone Implements 
of Great Britain.” Eleven of these scrapers, all of jasper, are tri- 
angular in outline, and of very beautiful finish; exceeding in 
beauty of form and careful workmanship any figures given by Mr. 
Evans. Of them, but two are bluntly ended, and but one without 
the characteristic bevelled edge of scrapers. The triangular form 
appears, as a rule, to have the scraping edge convex, the sides 
chipped to a cutting edge, and the implement itself, even when 
very small, appears to be chipped from a nodule of mineral, and 
not fashioned from a flake, as those just described. The variation 
in size of these triangular scrapers, as exhibited in this series, is 
from two and one-half inches in lengt by one and five-eighths 
inches in width, to seven-eighths in length by five-eighths in width. 
This smallest specimen is in all respects a very beautifully wrought 
specimen, having the bevelled, or “scraper” edge very distinctly 
chipped. 
The form of scraper that is most usually met with, in our New 
Jersey “finds,” is that which we have described in Vol. vi of the 
Naturatist, pages 221-223, the figures of which we here repro- 
duce (Figs. 131, 182, 133,134). This type, which is a modifi- 
cation of ‘the spoon-shaped scrapers described by Mr. Evans, 
appears to have been the favorite one, among the Delaware 
tribes. There are twenty-one specimens in this little collection, 
all of which are carefully wrought, and but three of them are of 
slate. While in general appearance this form suggests the utili- 
zation of the bases of spearheads in their manufacture, we doubt 
very much, after examining a very large number, if this was the 
tule. We think, rather, that it was the exception, because this 
type of scraper very generally is thicker than spearpoints ; the stem 
or handle is thinner than the blade; the upper side or that from 
which the bevelling proceeds is ridged, while beneath it is flat or 
nearly so; all of which shows a variation from ordinary spear and 
arrowheads, which could not have been produced by any chipping 
of the base of either of those implements. The implements figured 
in Vol. vi of the Naruratist, pages 212 and 213, here reproduced 
as Figs. 135, 136, 137, we now believe to be scrapers and not 
Spear or arrowpoints. The variation in size of this stemmed or 
modified spoon-shaped scraper is from three inches in length by 
two in greatest breadth, to one inch in length, by about seven- _ 
eighths in width. As in the preceding instance, this smallest 
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