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2 and 4 are stone rolling-pins, found at Warwick, Rhode 
Island, and presented to the Collection by the Hon. J. R. 
Bartlett. These objects resemble the corn-crushers, Nos. 6 
to 9, Case H 12, from California; and No. 3, Case C31, from 
St. Domingo. 
Stone Hatchets. 
A 43- 
Nos. I to 19*' are wedge-shaped stone hatchets, all found in 
Ohio. 
No. I is much blunted at the edge. Nos. 2 and 14 are flat on 
the under surface. Nos. 5 and 6 appear to have been bruised 
at the butt end, perhaps from blows given with a hammer-stone. 
No. 13 is thin, and has straight sides; it was probably used as 
an adze-blade. 
The wedge-shaped stone hatchets met with in America 
present a considerable general resemblance to those found in 
Europe. Stone gouges are comparatively abundant in America. 
Stone hatchets and axes were not usually employed like the 
modern iron axes, for cutting down timber ; this was chiefly 
effected by means of fire. 
No. 20 is a thin plate of mica slate, in the form of a 
" gorget," f measuring five inches in length, one inch and 
seven-eighths in breadth, and about three-eighths of an inch in 
thickness. It was classed by Dr. Davis with the stone chisels, 
but it has not a cutting edge. No. 21 is a rather thicker 
and less finished example than No. 20. It is of green- 
stone, and measures three inches and a quarter in length, one 
inch and five-eighths in width, and about seven-eighths of 
an inch in thickness. It is not easy to determine the in- 
tended use of these two objects (Nos. 20 and 21). Perhaps, 
however, they were used in preparing skins. Schoolcraft 
classes similar tools as "fleshing instruments." He says: — 
** It is a species of hand-chisel, blunt that it may not cut the 
* The following hatchets are of greenstone :— Nos. 1,4, 5, 6, 8, 11, 15, 16, 
and 19. The following are of felspathic greenstone : — Nos. 7, 9, 10, 12, 13, 
17, and 18. The following are of felstone : — Nos. 2, 3, and 14. 
t See pages 127 — 128. 
