ABORIGINAL POTTERY OF NEW BRUNSWICK. 
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Fig. 36. A rare form of decoration, — a series of furrows 
made by the stylus, the potter working from right to left. 
Fig. 37. In this Princess Park fragment a series of cross 
lines have been made by drawing the stylus over the surface. 
Fig. 38. Many fragments of this vessel were found at 
Frincess Park. A very fine grade of red clay has been used in 
its manufacture, and the workmanship is of the best. The 
vessel, although large, is very thin, scarcely a quarter of an inch 
in thickness half way down the side. The first part of the design 
has been made with a toothed rocker, after which the clay has 
been moistened and the ornamentation completed by making the 
parallel lines with the stylus. A number of fragments give 
evidence of water having been applied during the process of 
decoration. In several of these the initial design is faint and all 
scratches washed off. The faintness of the markings may be 
partly due to the clay being hard and not receiving the impress 
of the marking tool readily, showing that the surface needed to 
be re-moistened before completing the design. The obliteration 
of all scratches shows plainly the use of water, while the sharp- 
ness of the secondary part of the ornamentation is in marked 
contrast, and shows the potter was working on a wet surface. 
Fig. 41. Small sherd from Indian Point, A series of incised 
lines, as shown in the figure, made by drawing the stylus across 
the surface. 
Fig. 42. A fragment from Princess Park, which exhibits a 
style of ornamentation common on many of the larger and coarser 
vessels. The pattern has been stippled over with a four-toothed 
indenting tool. The work has been done carelessly; the lines 
are irregular, and the implement has been held in such a way as 
to make an uneven imprint. The first tooth has made a deep 
furrow, the second not so deep, the third a shallow imprint, while 
the fourth only touches the clay, leaving a faint impression. 
Restorations of some of the characteristic vessels of the region 
are shown in Plate IV. 
Fig. 43 is a restoration from fragments illustrated and 
