(Relics of the Stone J.ge in Jkew (Brunswick. 1 1 
been at times used, if convenient, for the purpose of hammer- 
ing. In some instances the fact of their having been so- 
employed is indicated only by the worn or indented edge of 
the surface used for striking; but in other cases the whole 
specimen has been artificially modified in form so as the better 
to adapt it to its purpose. Of the latter class we have several 
specimens (from Maquapit Thoroughfare), having a general 
wedge-like or axe-like form, but with one lateral edge 
thick and rounded, while the other is thin and at the same 
time distinctly lobed or crenate, as though from the effects of 
repeated blows, the stone being probably held in the hand by 
the narrow extremity. Others are simply rounded or ovoidal 
pebbles, more or less worn on the sides. The more typical 
forms are from four to five inches in length and are composed 
of a hard fine grained sandstone. 
Gouges ahd Chisels. (Plate III. Figs. 7, 23 and 25). Gouges 
are not of uncommon occurrence and are in many instances 
remarkable for the perfection and symmetry of their finish,, 
the surfaces being regular, smooth and often even polished. 
They vary in length from four to eight inches, being about an 
inch or an inch and a half broad in the middle, whence they 
taper to a somewhat pointed extremity at one end and to an 
abruptly truncate one at the other. The gouge-like form is 
determined by a more or less broad and deep groove which, 
beginning with a slight depression at the narrower end,, 
broadens and deepens towards the other, giving to the 
truncate extremity a sharp and crescentic cutting edge. 
These implements are usually composed of fine sandstone or 
slate and have been formed by a process of rubbing. 
The chisels are of similar material and mode of manufac- 
ture, but are flat instead of crescentic in section, with one 
end rough and blunt, and the other rubbed down, more or 
less abruptly, to a fine cutting edge. Those in our possession 
are from four to six inches in length. Some of the articles 
thus designated may have been used a^ “ scrapers.” 
Celts or Wedges. (Plate III. Figs. 8, 9, 24, 26). These- 
are much like the axes in general form, as well as in size and 
material, and may occasionally have been used like the latter,. 
