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rough appearance being perhaps due to the attrition of sand, all but a few 
having been found on the surface of wind-swept, sandy sites. Some are 
round in cross-section, others are oval, and a few are of an irregular shape. 
That on Plate VI, figure 7, is probably one of the smallest from Ontario. 
An unfinished specimen from Tadoussac is 4f inches long, and 2f inches in 
diameter. None of them has a groove at right angles to the encircling one 
as on some specimens from New York. 
Plummets are rare and found on Algonkian sites only, none being from 
Iroquoian sites. The writer has records of only twenty-eight specimens 
from Ontario and Quebec; they seem more plentiful in New Brunswick, 
Newfoundland, the New England states, and perhaps Labrador. 
Spool-shaped Object 
The only specimen of this class from Ontario is seen on Plate VI, 
figure 8. Its use is unknown. Similar objects are found on Algonkian sites 
in New York, but they do not occur on Iroquoian sites. 
Gorgets 
Gorgets are thin, flattened, and polished pieces of stone, principally of 
slate, with from one to five holes, mostly biconical; specimens with two 
holes being the most common. They are of many different shapes (Plate 
VII). In those with only one hole the perforation may be at the narrowest 
end, in the middle, or near the widest end; those with the hole at the 
smallest end probably having been used as pendants. 
These one-holed gorgets are either pointed at both ends; reniform; 
triangular, with convex edges (Plate VII, figure 3); rectangular; with 
convex edges and straight ends (Plate VII, figures 4 and 6) ; with the long 
edges converging to a point at one end and a straight edge at the other end ; 
trapezoidal (Plate VII, figure 2); half-round; or pentagonal (Plate VII, 
figure 5). One specimen is flanged at the lower end; another is spud-like; 
and one specimen is bifurcate at the widest end and pointed at the other. 
Most of them are rectangular or oblong in cross-section. A few have the 
broad end sharpened (Plate VII, figure 1) ; others, the narrow end. Several 
have a row of notches at one or both ends (Plate VII, figure 4); a few 
others are deeply notched. 
Specimens with two or more holes are of several different types, the 
most common being like the one seen on Plate VII, figure 7. There are 
other types besides those seen in that plate, including: rectangular; rectan- 
gular with one end indented; with incurved edges and straight ends; with 
curved edges, one end straight and the other indented ; with straight edges 
and indented ends; hexagonal; and a type like the specimen on Plate VII, 
figure 9, but with both ends flaring. Those of a pyramidal shape (Plate 
VII, figure 11) are rare, the writer having records of only five specimens 
from Ontario. A few specimens are ridged on one side. Two specimens 
shaped like boat-stones have a knob on the ridged side. The cross-section 
varies, being either rectangular, elliptical, lenticular, or pentagonal. A 
few specimens are decorated on the sides (Plate VII, figure 10) and a few 
have notched decoration on the long edges and ends. 
