CHIPPED AND FLAKED IMPLEMENTS OF NEW BRUNSWICK, 45 
three and one-quarter inches in length, one and one-quarter 
inches in width, leaf-shaped, almost exactly like Fig. 1 in outline. 
Many believe these were used as knives. 
Fig. 50. — Side view of a carefully flaked object, two and one- 
half inches in length, one inch wide, and five-eighths of an inch 
through. It is almost too sharp at the ends for a scraper but 
may have been used as one. 
Plate II, Fig. 1, is the largest straight blade in the collection, 
eight and five-eighths inches in length, two and one-half inches 
in width, one-half inch thick, probably petrosilex. The specimen 
is broken into five pieces. Four of these were found at Indian 
Point, Grand Lake, by Mr. David Balmain, about twenty years 
ago. Sixteen years later, the remaining portion was discovered 
by the writer who did not at first recognize it as belonging to the 
blade as the colour was a fresh reddish brown, while the other 
parts were • weathered to a brown gray. The discovery that 
they were parts of the same blade was made almost by accident. 
Fig. 2. — A very beautiful specimen of white semi-translucent 
quartz, seven and one-half inches long, two and three-eighths 
inches wide, and one-quarter inch thick. Found in eastern 
New Brunswick. 
Fig. 3 is a remarkably handsome blade of compact volcanic 
rock, beautifully clouded and spotted. It is two inches wide 
and five and one-quarter inches in length. From Grand Lake. 
Fig. 4, from the Oromocto River, is remarkable for its great 
width, being two and one-half inches wide and four and one- 
eighth inches in length, very thin and finely finished. This 
is the first unbroken specimen of this type which we have 
obtained. It enables us to recognize as probably belonging 
to this class a number of points and bases of large blades charac- 
terized by their great width, thinness and fine finish. Examples 
of these are shown in Figs. 5 and 6. 
Fig. 7 is the largest flaked blade in the collection, measuring 
three and one-quarter inches, by eleven and five-eighths inches. 
It is made of dark red jasper and is a splendid example of 
aboriginal workmanship. It formed part of the Gesner Collec- 
tion and was found in New Brunswick. This is all we know 
of its history. 
