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chiefly on what would seem to have been the rim or margin 
of the bowl-like vessels. In some instances the arrangement 
of the indentations bears some resemblance to net- work, but 
the form of the individual impressions would seem to show 
that they are not the result of cordage, as is sometimes the 
•case with aboriginal pottery, but rather that of blunt toothed 
implements pressed against the sides of the article while the 
latter was still soft. The fragments are in most instances 
quite firm, but lack the hardness of real earthenware, and 
could hardly have been subjected to any great degree of heat. 
As stated, the fragments found have been too small to give 
any definite idea either of the form or dimensions of the 
vessels of which they formed a part. 
2. Pipes. (Plate II. Fig. 9). We have but a single 
specimen of an aboriginal pipe, but this one of somewhat 
unique character and remarkably well preserved. It was 
given to Mr. J. W. Bailey by a person living near Aroostook 
Junction in Victoria County, and said by him to have been 
obtained from near the basin below the Aroostook Falls. 
Whether or not this is the exact locality of its first discovery, 
there can be no question as to its authenticity as an Indian 
relic, Major Powell, of the United States survey, and 
one of the best authorities on this subject, to whom it 
was shown, has stated that it is not only a genuine, but a 
typical example. The best idea of its form will be obtained 
from the figure representing it, the most noticeable peculiarity 
being the strongly marked Indian face, imprinted, not as 
usual upon the front, but upon the inner side of the bowl 
facing the stem. The material composing it is quite hard 
and of rather coarse texture within, but the outer surface 
is everywhere smooth or slightly polished, the whole looking 
like a fine sandstone but probably of artificial manufacture. 
In proportion to the whole size of the bowl (one and one-half 
inches high by one inch broad), that of the opening is very 
small, being only a little over half an inch where widest and 
abruptly narrowing to the diameter of a lead pencil. The 
stem end is a little over an inch long and makes with the 
bowl an angle of 120°. 
