Huiuan Relics in the Drift of Ohio. — Clay pole. 305 
"Eight feet of clay, very firm, yellow above and blue below, with 
small stones: under this were thirteen feet of silty material, very tough 
toward the bottom and requiring the use of a pickaxe for its removal. 
Interbedded in this were streaks of sand one or two inches thick. Last 
was about one foot of coarse gravel, yielding water, and containing some 
small subangular stones. 
"Beneath all was a very tough, blue clay, impervious to water. I af- 
terwards bored down 26 feet in the bottom of the well with a one-and-a- 
half inch auger, Vjut found only the clay throughout. 
"I was alone in the well when I found the axe as there was not room 
for more than one to work there. No confirmatory testimony can there- 
fore be given. 
"I should further mention that nearer the surface, five feet down in 
the upper clay, I found a small arrow — or spearpoint of white flint 
which accompanies the axe and is marked accordingly." 
[Signed] Elmer E. Masterman. 
Neiv London, O., July, 189<!. 
Mr. Masterman has also given me the following additional 
facts regarding his specimens. I quote from his letters: 
"I have been collecting objects of various kinds within a 
radius of many miles for 21 years.'" 
"I have taken pains to record any important or interesting 
specimen." 
'•I have many not found by myself. These were mostly 
given me. I have exchanged very little." 
"I have not till lately paid any attention to the scientifu- 
value of any of my specimens." 
"When engaged as an assistant at the World's Fair in 1893 
I first learned of the discussion and controversies based on 
such implements, but even then I thought nothing of my own 
until my attention was drawn to this one b}'- the Rev, W. Kej)- 
ler, soon after which I called on Dr. Claypole," as alreadj^ 
stated. 
The above are the principal data connected with the finding 
of the implement. It is a grooved stone axe measuring four 
inches in length by two in breadth and one and a half in 
thickness. It weighs five and a half ounces. 
Condition of the Axe. 
The peculiar condition of the axe, to which reference has 
already been made, demands attention and adds of itself no 
slight confirmation to Mr. Masterman's narrative. It was 
made of the hard, banded, green slate so common in the drift 
of some parts of Ohio and which occurs in vast quantities 
