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implements were numerous. One foot and five feet from the sur- 
face were two-pointed implements resembling daggers, respect- 
ively 6} inches and 7} inches in length (Figs. 6 and 7). 
Piercing implements of bone of this size are not mentioned 
by Wyman, nor have they been met with by the writer in any 
other shell heap of the St. John’s, though in the burial mound 
at Tick Island was found a carefully fashioned pointed instru- 
ment of human bone 9} inches in length, circled at the blunt 
end by an incised line. On one side were three perforations 
extending longitudinally below. These long stilletto-shaped 
implements of bone'are not uncommon in other localities. 
Professor Haynes is of the opinion that they were used in the 
weaving of baskets. 
At a depth of four feet was an implement, in shape resem- 
bling a shuttle (Fig. 8), hitherto unreported in connection with 
shell heaps in the river. 
Two slender pins with lined, ornamentation around the 
heads (Fig. 9), 7 inches and 8.2 inches in length, both discov- 
ered at a depth of three feet from the surface, though in sep- 
arate excavations, were found intact, while throughout were 
numbers of small piercing implements two inches in length 
and over fashioned from the long bones of small carnivores 
with the articular portion remaining (Fig. 10). The core of a 
stag horn was lined with eight parallel circles. 
A curious implement, 2.3 inches in length, was exhumed, 
made from a solid bone, unidentified, having a maximum 
diameter of 1 inch, polished at the base and drilled to a depth 
of .9 inch, the cavity diminishing slightly in size from the 
margin of the orifice inward. The opposite end was beveled 
on one-half to a central ridge, the other portion being cut 
down as if to connect with the cavity below. Two longitudi- 
nal parallel lines were on either side, while a longitudinal 
ridge spread out at the upper portion, forming a triangle of 
which the margin of the top formed the base. Unfortunately 
a series of figures would be required to represent this curious 
object. : 
A portion of the head of a piercing implement, 1$ inches 
in length was beautifully decorated with lines. Exposure to 
