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Soapstone Pipe. — Figs. 3, 3 a and 3 b show side and end views of a 
dark soapstone pipe, neatly inlaid with lead and tastefully decorated 
with incised circles, curves, dots and geometric designs. Below the 
stem hole, near the base, a hole has been bored so that the bowl could 
be fastened to the stem to avoid loss in the snow. Prof. W. F. Ganong 
tells me that he has seen in two or three museums in Ontario dark 
soapstone pipes inlaid with lead in the same way as this specimen, 
though not of the same pattern. A specimen in the museum of the 
Fig. 3. 3a 3 b 
Soapstone Pipe, inlaid with lead. (Natural size). 
Natural History Society, Montreal, is labelled “ Indian pipe, inlaid 
with bullet metal. Formerly used at the trading forts on the central 
plains.” 
This specimen is the property of Dr. I. Allen J ack, who has kindly 
placed it in my hands for study. It was given to him in 1871 by 
Mr. Geo. W. Rowley, at that time manager of the Bank of Montreal 
at Newcastle, N. B. I sent a drawing of this pipe to Mr. David 
Boyle, curator of the Ontario Archeological Museum, and, in a letter 
among other things, he says : “ As far as I am aware, the specimen 
you figure is the most easterly find of the kind, and is valuable on 
that account. As Prof. Ganong’s remarks indicate, such specimens 
