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from the beach nearly to the Indian burial place, which is marked by a 
crucifix behind the church (Plate I A), and reaches higher above sea-level 
than any other heap on the harbour. At low tide, clam beds are exposed 
on the eastern end of the island, and one can walk on the wet sand and 
mud from the island to shell-heap D near the landing on Olding island. 
The following objects, all probably from this heap, were bought 
from Mr. Joseph Philip, an Indian living on Indian island: a simple point 
made of bone, Plate V, figure 13; a harpoon point with four notches, made 
of part of the wall of a large bone; a bone harpoon point with a hole through 
the tang, Plate VI, figure 11; an awl made of bone; and a bone object 
with both ends broken off, but bearing notches, Plate XIX, figure 17. 
They are catalogued under Nos. VIII-B-450 — VIII-B-454. 
Shell-heap C (Figure 1) is a very small heap on Mr. Norman Campbell’s 
farm, on the northeast side of a little cove on the mainland south of 
Indian island, between the island and West Merigomish. It was only 
about 6 inches high at the deepest point and perhaps 10 by 20 feet in 
extent. The pestle-shaped hammer pebble, Plate XIV, figure 7, was 
found here. 
Shell-heap D (Figure 1) is near the boat landing on Mr. Donald 
McDonald’s farm, on the western part of Olding island, formerly and still 
locally called Point Betty island. It extended along the beach of the 
most southern bay on the island ( See Plate I A). 
This heap was about 100 feet long by 50 wide, and 17 inches in maxi- 
mum height near the western end. The writer excavated it to the bottom 
(Plate II B) over an area of 100 by 37 feet. The remaining 13 feet of its 
width, being shallow, had been repeatedly turned over by the plough 
and did not seem worth exploring, as many of the specimens would be 
moved, broken, and mixed with material of recent culture thrown on the 
land with the manure. At one time the heap was wider towards the sea, 
the southern edge being undercut by the waves (Plate I A). 
The site is on a low, nearly flat space (Plate I A), sheltered by a hill 
to the west by the north slope, and partly by a little hill to the southeast. 
Canoes could be landed and sheltered in the little bay in front. 
The shells composing this heap are shown in Plate II B, resting on 
natural yellow soil, and are chiefly those of the quahog, the oyster, and 
the common mussel. Shells of the hen clam, soft-shelled clam, the basket 
shell, the moon shell, a periwinkle (Lunatia), of unknown species, and 
the boat or slipper shell were less common. Shells of the spotted land 
snail (Patula alternata ) were found, but these snails probably crawled 
into the heap recently. 
Mr. McDonald had found a chipped stone point for a knife, many 
celts made of stone, and a few bone awls. Of these he presented to the 
Museum a blade chipped from stone for a knife, a long point made of 
bone, and a celt made of stone. These are catalogued under Nos. VIII- 
B-33 to VIII-B-35. 
Shell-heap E is near Mr. Donald McDonald’s barn on the east side 
of the southwestern part of Olding island. It is an eighth of a mile north 
of heap D, from which it can be reached by crossing the base of an easterly 
point on comparatively level land. It is at the head of a little bay, where 
