594. Aboriginal Quarries—Soapstone Bowls, ete. [June, 
constant battering requisite to detach a block from the quarry, or 
to fashion a bowl; while black granite on the other hand is one of 
the toughest of stones, and will stand a great amount of work 
without any appreciable wear. I believe many of these granite 
tools to have been overlooked because of their great resemblance 
to soapstone, either when lying on the ground or in the débris. 
The black granite crops out immediately above both of the quar- 
ries mentioned, and within a few feet of them. The quarry tools 
are of various shapes, and have several features I do not remem- 
ber to have seen described. Some few are delicate, but the ma- 
jority of them are exceedingly rough in appearance, and are pect 
liarly adapted to the work they had to perform. The tools, so far 
as I can describe them, consist of picks, mauls, axes, both single 
and double bladed, adzes, celts and chisels. The mauls, adzes, 
axes, and picks were generally grooved, many of them roughly 
and indistinctly, and were evidently intended to be used with han- 
dies. In fact, one of the men working in the present quarry, who 
had never suspected the use made of these tools, pointing to 7 
roughly ground turtle-backed pick, now in my collection, said 
that when they dug it out of the bank it had a handle a 
to it, which was made of a forked stick that was wrapped around 
it, and the ends tucked in the crotch of the stick. The names by 
which I call these tools are meant only as descriptive of those 
uses to which they appear to have been put, judging from their 
shape, and not that they were necessarily used as are the tools to 
which I liken them. There are some few implements, however, 
that have shapes which appear unique, and can be compared t0 
no implement now used by white people, with which I per 
quainted. The mauls appear to have been used in battering h 
substances, and are greatly worn on their ends. The axes se 
blades flaked out symmetrically, and were many of 
ended, as in fact is quite a common occurrence among Sev eet 
the quarry implements, the cutting edges are quite sharp, n 
would be capable of performing good work, although they S 
not ground. The picks were generally sharp-pointed and qu! 
heavy, and were grooved for handles, whereas there a“ 
picks, long and narrow, ungrooved and having 4 distinct A 
curve, intended apparently for pecking, for being used mor e 
adze, but even they, I imagine, would have performed quicker pees 
more satisfactory work if hafted. The adzes appear to have 
