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[February 1, 
is most natural, since the porphyritic rock, of which most of the 
articles found here are made, crops out in the immediate vicinity. 
Many of the objects from this locality are very well made, quite 
as well, I think, as their refractory material will allow ; while 
even the rude implements themselves, found with them, manifest 
to my eye a skill in the art of chipping stone far beyond that 
possessed by the makers of these new and simple types to which 
I am now directing your attention. 
These types come from nine or ten separate localities, as widely 
distant from- one another as are the White Mountains from Bos- 
ton. In fact, wherever it has been in my power to make the long 
and exceedingly laborious search that is required, I have succeeded 
in finding them, though they are always restricted to limited 
areas. It is, however, no slight task to select and to carefully 
examine hundreds of stones, with the slight prospect of occasion- 
ally finding one that bears unmistakable traces of use. 
Soon after my return from a long absence in Europe, in which 
I had devoted much time to prehistoric studies in various coun- 
tries, I began to search for traces of Indian occupation in this 
vicinity, and as I speedily met with instances of these rude imple- 
ments, I was naturally inclined to attribute them to that source. 
Some time afterwards however, while residing in Lisbon, 1ST. H., 
my eye casually fell upon a stone, which on examination revealed 
most unmistakable marks of having been fashioned as an imple- 
ment. I certainly had no reasons for supposing that the Indians 
had ever lived in that vicinity, and much less cause had I for 
believing that any earlier race had ever dwelt there. For several 
days I was unable to find a second example, but at last I suc- 
ceeded, and eventually I obtained quite a number. They were all 
of the same simple character, and made from the same kinds of 
stone ; but what surprised me most was that they were restricted 
to a somewhat limited area. Although 1 made long and careful 
search in the vicinity, I could find them nowhere else. This 
experience of mine was confirmed by that of Dr. Driver, of Cam- 
bridge, who succeeded after a while in finding some specimens 
similar to mine, one of which he has kindly loaned to me for 
exhibition here. He too failed to discover any analogous objects 
in any other place in the neighborhood. But the spot where they 
