the illustration is rather leaf-shaped in outline, while No. 8379 is nearly triangular.

Quarries from which chalcedony was mined are distant but a few miles, so the find is local and therefore of great interest The mass of small flakes and chips, cones, etc., lying just a few feet beyond this deposit and the large (decayed) deer antler lead? us to conclude that the 67 implements were made on the spot and then placed on the body.

We cannot find record of a similar sort of burial in a mound or grave in this country.

Triangular spear-heads of the kind shown in Figure XXV, (7896, 8657), we found in four mounds. Invariably they were made of Coshocton flint. No. 8657 came from above Malta, while 7896 was found at the base of the large Porteus mound. These two vary in size, but the form, work and material is the same. Three others found with skeletons are identical, all being very thin, sharp and well wrought. We are inclined to the belief that they were made by the same man, for there is that specialization or stamp, as it were, which marks them as the handiwork of one person. The mound above Malta is 50 miles, that of Mr. Porteus about 15 miles from the nearest quarries. We are convinced that the tumuli containing these triangular spears were built at the same time, or at least within a few years of each other. (See also figure XXVI.)

The central spear in Figure XXV (8659) came from Mr. Alderman's mound at McConnelsville. Two spears, shouldered exactly like this one, of the same size and material, were found in the small Porteus mound below Coshocton.

The discoidals shown at the top of the picture are from

mounds; 8662 from Mr. Johnson's, Walhonding, and the small one from a mound three miles above Malta.

Discoidals sometimes occur in the tumuli but more frequently come from village sites.

The two bone needles or awls shown in figure XXVI come from mounds 75 miles apart: one at McConnelsville and the other near Richmondale. Both are exceedingly sharp and are perforated.

Discoidal No. 3618 (museum number) comes from a vil

lage site near the Sherwood mound above Malta. The triangular spear above it has been described on page 196 of this report.

Serrated arrow-heads like No. 7101 (museum number) are found along the Muskingum.

Most of the large spear-heads (those exceeding 7 inches in length) found in Ohio, have gone to the eastern museums. But we have quite a number preserved in Orton Hall. Figure XXVII exhibits four of them. Beginning at the left we have one of yellow flint, well made but slightly broken at the top. Locality, near the Indiana line in Darke County. Next is a broad specimen 8x5 inches of quartzite. It is apparently foreign to Ohio yet was found on the site of Logan's (Shawano) town 7 miles southwest of Circleville. The long, shouldered (8£ inch) spear comes from Franklin County, banks of the Scioto below Columbus. That beautifully notched one to the right, from near Circleville. (Harness Renick collection).

Figure XXIX. One-half size. Pipes, bear tusks, copper bracelet and cone, (mounds.

Olecranon perforations in the humeri were found in a large proportion of the skeletons exhumed. Of the humeri preserved, perforations were noted in thirty of them. Forty-six were unperforated. No greater number of humeri, either perforated or unperforated, could be secured, as most of the skeletons found were badly decayed. ,

Figure XXVIII shows one humerus each from four skeletons. The broken bone is the only unperforated one of the four.

In Figure XXIX there are seven objects, each one of which can be classed as a rare specimen. Particularly is this true of the copper bracelet, the hematite cone, and the three bear tusks, all of which come from mounds. It will be observed that the three bear tusks (shown at the top of the plate on either side of the pipes) differ as to size. One has been cut (evenly) and is not perforated. The others have three perforations each. From finds in the Hopewell group, we would conclude that these perforations are made for the purpose of inserting pearls or beads in the side of the tusk, although no beads were found inserted in these specimens. We cannot understand why so many of the bear tusks are cut into two sections.