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kind. This implement, the general form of which is shown in 
the figures referred to, is convex on both surfaces, so that a cross 
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Fics. 3, 4, 5—Indian Gouge. Reduced one-half. 
section is oval. The groove, regularly rounded above. and in 
“very way well formed, is well polished. Indeed, it is scarcely 
necessary to mention this, for whatever may be the character of 
the other parts of one of these specimens, the groove, and usually 
the adjacent portions, is always well finished and polished. As 
Seen in figure 5, this specimen has, across the under side, a trans- 
verse groove, which divides it into two nearly equal portions. I 
have seen one or two other specimens of similar form, which 
were similarly grooved. Whether we are ‘to regard this as an 
Indication that the implement was attached to a handle and used 
4S an adze or not may not be clear, but it is difficult to account 
for this transverse groove in any other way. These grooves are 
not deep nor worked out with as much care as that at the end. 
The Material of this specimen is a gray talcose slate with the sur- 
