16 BULLETIN OF THE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. 
In the relative culture of the river Stone-men of Acadia 
and those of its sea coast, we seem to have a parallel to that 
observed in Denmark by Prof. Steenstrup between the weapons 
and implements of the men who erected the tumuli and those 
who left the Kjokken Modding in that country, but the dif- 
ferences between the work of the inland people and those of 
the sea shore in Acadia do not appear to have been of so 
marked a character as that between the work of the corres- 
ponding populations in Denmark. We have as yet, how- 
ever, but small collections to test this point, but I riiay men- 
tion incidentally that some of the skin scrapers from the. St. 
John River exhibit a high finish, and are equal to the most 
perfect figured by Evans, as found in the barrows of Britain. 
IMPLEMENTS AND WEAPONS OF STONE. 
Though their pottery was coarse, the people of Bocabec 
showed a great degree of proficiency in another art, namely, 
the manufacture of implements of stone. 
This industry we may suppose was in the hands of the 
men, and some of the implements obtained show that it was 
brought to great perfection. 
If Longfellow was right, this work was carried on by the 
North American Indians outside of the hut. The poet’s 
graphic description of the arrow-maker of the West, sitting 
by his hut door and meditating upon the exploits of former 
days, is well known. I cite it, as I think it will be seen that 
his habits did not in all respects agree with those of the 
arrow-maker of the Stone Age in Acadia. 
“ At the doorway of his wigwam 
Sat the ancient Arrow-maker, 
In the land of the Dacotahs, 
Making arrow-heads of jasper, 
Arrow-heads of chalcedony.” . . . 
Truth, however, compels us to declare that the arrow- 
maker of Bocabec conducted his operations chiefly within 
doors. Nor do I suppose that he worked within the hut on 
account of any special secret in the manufacture, but for 
other reasons that 1 will endeavor to explain further on. By 
far the best work in this line of art at Bocabec was found 
