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VICTORIA MEMORIAL MUSEUM. BULLETIN NO. I 
Surface Finds. 
Artifacts are frequently found on the surface unassociated 
with lodge sites or burial places. Points chipped from stone 
for arrows, knives, and spears, are commonly found throughout 
the township, while celts or adzes are not rare. 
On the old Risk farm, lot 8, concession XIII, a gorget or 
pendant about 5 inches long, with one perforation, was found. 
On one side there are two conventionalized drawings of the 
human form. It is in the collection of James Skillings, living 
near Innerkip. On lot 6, concession X, points chipped from 
stone for arrows, and a gorget with one perforation, but with 
a sharp cutting edge at one end, were found by C. R. McCor- 
mick. The latter has been mutilated by use as a whetstone, 
and mislaid. 
On the farm of James Edwards, lot 5, concession VIII, points 
chipped from stone have been found, also half of a winged 
banner stone made of brownish striped slate. It is of a com- 
mon type, resembling fig. 169 in Boyle’s "Notes on Primitive 
Man in Ontario,” and is now in the collection of J. Hewitt, of 
Innerkip. 
On the John Mitchell farm, lot 3, concession VII, there have 
been found points chipped from stone for arrows, spears, and 
knives, and fragments of a single pottery vessel from the high 
bank of Hagey lake. 
On the Chesney farm, lot 7, concession V, many points chipped 
from stone for arrows, knives, and drills, also celts, and a keel- 
shaped limestone pipe-head have been found by his son George. 
This pipe is 2 inches long by If inches wide across the broad 
side, and about 1 inch thick. A rude geometric pattern ap- 
pears on one side of this much weathered pipe. 
On the Downey farm, lot 6, concession V, Mr. Downey found 
a well chipped knife of chert. A slate gorget and a pendant 
with one perforation, in the George Chesney collection, were 
also picked up on this farm. 
On the Robert Small farm, lot 7, concession IV, fragments of 
pottery and a stone tube made of striped slate have been found. 
The tube is somewhat barrel-shaped, wider at one end than at 
