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face very smoothly finished. It is worthy of notice that all the 
specimens with the groove running from end to end are of hard 
material, such as trap or basalt, while many of those with a 
shorter groove, like figure 5, are of the talcose rock mentioned. 
This is not very hard, but readily takes a smooth surface, and 
when finished, an implement of this material is often very hand- 
some. Some of the gouges of this material are quite large, 
though none so large as those first named, or rather they are not 
so long, but the width is often greater. The basalt gouges are 
more nearly cylindrical in cross section than most of the talcose 
ones, which are usually but slightly convex. The latter range in 
length from four to eight inches. Of the same talcose rock is the 
specimen seen in figure 6. This specimen is somewhat unique in 
its rectangular outline and great width, as well as in the chisel- 
like character of the upper end. I have seen several of this sort 
—gouge at one end chisel at the other. The chisel end is rather 
abruptly brought to an edge, which is sharp and even, as is the 
opposite edge. The material is of a bluish color with a vein of 
white running across the upper portion. The sides are flat and 
form sharp angles with the upper and lower surfaces, but they 
are not parallel, but slope so that the surface seen in the figure is 
narrower than the opposite. The thickness is greatest near the 
white band where it is nearly an inch, and from here it grows less 
towards each end. The width is about the same, I. 75 inch through- 
out. The length is 4.5 inches. The whole specimen is well finished. 
Figure 7 shows a very singular gouge-like implement of green 
gneissoid stone. It is of regular form and well made, those parts 
of the surface that have not been injured being smooth.’ The 
surface shown is flat, or nearly so, while the opposite is some- 
what convex. As the figure shows, the groove, which is short and 
somewhat irregular, does not reach to the end, but stops about a 
fourth of an inch from it, leaving a space which is ground very 
smooth and quite strongly bevelled from the end of the groove to 
that of the implement, and the lower surface is bevelled about this 
edge so that it is thin and sharp. The use of the groove is not at all 
apparent in this implement, which, judging from its form, was pr ob- 
ably used resting on the bevelled portion between the groove and 
edge with the groove down. The groove is quite deep and well 
excavated, but somewhat one sided. The length of this specimen - 
5-3 inches ; greatest width, 1.65 inch; thickness, 1.15 inch. An- 
