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object of haematite, of a double conoid form, with a groove 
worked round the middle, Ohio. These pendants, according 
to Squier and Davis, are of frequent occurrence in the vicinity 
of the ancient earthworks, but have seldom been found in the 
mounds themselves, and, even when so found, probably belong 
to a secondary interment. No. 22 is of the more usual type ; 
the original measures three inches and a half in length by an 
inch and a quarter in its greatest diameter ; and weighs about 
four ounces. The use of these plummets as net-sinkers and as 
ear ornaments has been suggested ; they are probably too care- 
fully finished to have been used for the former purpose, and 
too heavy to admit of their being applied to the latter use. 
Schoolcraft, however, has figured a fisherman's stone-sinker in 
use among the Pennakook Indians, New Hampshire, which 
closely resembles No. 21 in form; it measures three inches 
and one-eighth in length, and its greatest diameter is one inch 
and three-eighths. 
Nos. 26 to 28 are discoidal stones, hollowed on both sides, 
and having a central perforation. No. 26 is of quartzose rock ; 
when perfect it must have measured about four inches in diame- 
ter ; it is two inches and a quarter in thickness, and was found 
in Ohio. It is the most highly finished of the three specimens 
in the Collection. No. 27 is of greenstone; it measures three 
inches and seven-eights in diameter, and is two inches in thick- 
ness, Ohio. No. 28 is of quartzose rock; it measures two 
inches and three-quarters in diameter, and is an inch and a 
quarter in thickness. Objects similar to these specimens have 
been found in different parts of the continent of America, from 
the valley of the Ohio to Peru. They are of various sizes, 
ranging from two to six inches in diameter, and are usually 
worked with great symmetry, and well polished. None of 
these objects were found in either of the mounds examined 
by Squier and Davis ; but Schoolcraft mentions the discovery of 
two, in one of the minor mounds on the Grave Creek Flats, 
Ohio. One of these specimens is three inches and three- 
fifths in diameter, the other is only one inch and three- 
tenths ; both are said to be of yellow porphyry. On the Ohio 
and along the Gulf, such stones were in common use for playing 
certain favourite games. Beyond the Mississippi this use of 
them is still retained. 
Schoolcraft suggests that these ancient specimens were used 
as quoits, and that the object in hurling them was to cover an 
upright peg, driven into the ground. 
