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THE CONTENTS OF A ROCK RETREAT, ETC. 



they arc frecjuently oi- mostly placed at a different level, to divide the strain and pre- 

 vent the separation of the rim — as shown in modern practice. In most cases they 

 seem to be bored after the vessel has been bnrnt. 



Fignres 1, 7, 9, represent an uncommon style of ornament, consisting of a row of 

 small cylindric holes near, and around the margin, pushed almost through the mate- 

 rial, and appearing in elevations or pimples on the opposite side. In some vessels the 

 holes are impressed from the inside (Fig. 1), in others (Figs. 7, 9) from the outside. 

 In Fig. 5 the surface is ornamented with circular holes irregularly distributed. 



The lip of Fig. 2a has the inside marked with a row of impressions : Fig. 8 is 

 marked outside (a), and inside (h) : the section of Fig. 9 appears at (a), and the in- 

 side of the lip is represented at (&.) The flat lip of Fig. 7 (a) is ornamented witli a 

 series of transverse lines resembling the impressions made with a string of several 

 small beads, both string and beads being impressed. The surface ornaments have 

 this bead character. The pattern is composed of a series of horizontal lijies alterna- 

 ting with others at an angle of 4.5 degrees, disposed thus : 



The lines of some specimens are zigzagged verticall}'', as in PL 14, Figs. 3, 4, 9 ; 

 othei's horizontally, like the large one referred to as having had a diameter of about 

 thirteen inches. 



The Retreat furnished a single rough fragment of steatite pottery about four 

 inches across and one inch thick — perhaps brought in its broken condition to cut into 

 ornaments. About 175 yards north of the Retreat an old steatite dish was found, 

 with a projecting ear at each end: length of the interior 41, breadth 4, depth 2| 

 inches. Fragments and vessels of steatite are widely spread, occurring in California. 



Besides the brass arrow-point mentioned (PI. 6, Fig. 35), the connection with the 

 historic period is marked by a leaden rifle bullet, and four glass beads found outside, 

 three greenish, spheric and corroded, the other blue, cylindric and polished. 



Some fragments of two kinds of mineral paint were present, one red, the other 

 black. ' 



