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he had done some pecking to the lower part of the groove, he possessed 
a finished axe. Thus nearly all the peculiarities of the axe are trace- 
ble to natural causes. 
The remarkably flat poll of this axe distinguishes it from all other 
stone axes known to me, and is traceable to the causes referred to 
above. A number of specimens in our collections show this quickness 
on the part of the aborigines to pick from boulders forms that with 
small labor would answer their special purposes. 
Pendants. 
Different names have been given to the objects shown in plate vii. 
The terms gorget, tablet, breastplate and pendant, have been used by 
different writers. It is possible that such stones were worn as charms 
as well as for purely ornamental purposes. 
The material from which the specimen shown in fig. 1, plate vii, has 
been made is a dark silicious clay slate, through which a thin band of 
quartz runs a little below the hole. This band of quartz stands out 
distinctly from the surface of the pendant, and as it must originally 
have been uniform with the surface it follows that the softer slate 
has been removed by weathering. This indicates that the specimen is 
of considerable antiquity, and not a product of more recent times. 
The hole, which shows signs of wear, has been bored obliquely, 
and could have been readily done with a flint or quartz tool. The 
edges have been gently rounded, and its appearance indicates that it 
was a weather worn piece of stone, requiring little work to reduce it 
to the required form. It is 5 inches long, \ of an inch thick, and 
measures at its widest part If inches. 
It was found in 1899 on a flat near the mouth of Cain’s River, 
Northumberland County. The finder used it for some time as a 
whetstone, and then gave it to Professor W. F. Ganong. 
In the museum of the University of New Brunswick are four 
pendants in a fragmentary condition, which Professor L. W. Bailey 
has kindly placed in my hands for description. 
The first of these (fig. 2, plate vii) is made from micaceous slate, and 
shows two perforations. Both holes have been bored somewhat 
obliquely, but not so much so as in the case of the pendant first 
described. Two borings were started, but not completed. The 
borings were made from each side, and in the hole on the right hand 
