782 Relic Hunting on the Mohawk. [ December, 
samples of birds and animals, rude in style to be sure, but by no 
means inferior to similar terra-cottas from Mycenz and Cyprus. 
Among Aboriginal relics, bone implements are much more 
rare than those of stone, for 
Fic. 10.—Owl. Fic. 11.—Fox. 
when exposed to the weather they are soon destroyed, and the 
sites of vil- 
lages that 
are un- 
cleared and 
un cultiva- 
ted, and 
where 
these bone Fic, 12.—Bear’s Tooth. 
tools alone 
are found, are very few. 
Those that are found 
here, of which Figs. 
14, 15 and 16 are sam- 
ples, are for the most Fic. 13--Beaver’s Tooth. 
part awls or piercing 
implements, and are 
well made and highly 
polished; they have 
been worked out of 
hard compact bones, 
and scraped down with great labor. Among the 
many broken bones that are found, are some which 
o show the grooves made by the stone saws in cutting 
_ out these tools. 
Fic. 14. 
5 PIG: 15. 
