Occasionally throughout the county quantities of flint chips are found on some Indian village site, where the ancient arrowmaker had his workshop. Mauls and hammer-stones were made of several varieties of tough stones. The former were grooved for hafting, and the latter were

POLISHED FLESHER.

FLESHER WITH HANDLE.

THE INDIANS.

circular or elliptical, two and a half inches in diameter, or three in greatest length, and an inch in thickness, with slight depressions worked at the middle of the sides for the thumb and finger. Thev usually show

GROOVED HAMMER, With castle.

POLISHED AXE.

evidences of wear at the circumference or ends. Large numbers of these have been found along the Hudson. Sinkers were used in weighting the nets, and were simple flat stones, notched at the opposite edges.

HOE OF GREY FLINT, BY 5\ INCHES.

Pendants were pear-shaped, pointed at one end and grooved near the other. Pierced tablets were used in twisting the bow-strings or worn as ornaments. Some remarkable specimens of these, notched as if kept as

FLIXT KNIFE, 8 by 3J4 inches.

FLINT KNIFE, S'/i by 3 inches.

records, have been found here. Pipes have not been found in great numbers, but some of the specimens are very interesting. They are made of greenstone, steatite and sometimes were fashioned of clay. They represent birds, or the heads of birds, turtles and various animals, the beaver more frequently than others. Ceremonial stones were the most finely wrought of all the Indian's stone-work. They were carried as evidences of rank, or to excite a superstitious reverence. They were wrought from serpentine