Ontario Sessional Papers, 1891, . Fig. 138. (Quarter Size). Unfinished objects frequently possess interesting features. In figure loS fromthe Baby* farm the pecking process used to reduce the material to rough form is 57 54 Victoria. Sessional Papers (No. 21). well illustrated. By some accident the block has been rendered useless, andwhile we may for this reason regret the loss of a good slate pipe, we are indebtedto it for an instructive example of the laborious methods that had to be emplojedhy the ancient Flci. l:.!.). ((,»ii:utel- Size). Though ilso blocked out fo
Ontario Sessional Papers, 1891, . Fig. 138. (Quarter Size). Unfinished objects frequently possess interesting features. In figure loS fromthe Baby* farm the pecking process used to reduce the material to rough form is 57 54 Victoria. Sessional Papers (No. 21). well illustrated. By some accident the block has been rendered useless, andwhile we may for this reason regret the loss of a good slate pipe, we are indebtedto it for an instructive example of the laborious methods that had to be emplojedhy the ancient Flci. l:.!.). ((,»ii:utel- Size). Though ilso blocked out for a pipe, the above totally unlike figure 138 inmateria! and treatment. This specimem is of a coarse crystalline limestone witha considerable admixture of fine of mica. No untoward event to theblock has the completion of the pipe, but something of the sort mayhave happened to the maker himself. The bowl is bored an inch and a quarterdeep, and a start has been made in boring the stem. The hole in the bowl isbarely three-eightli in. in diameter, ami the intention must have beep to rim itout at to least an inch, as the material i., here an inch-and-a-half thick. Fig. 139was found in the township fjlTuscarora, and presented to the museum by Mr. , of Brantford. Other excellent articles from Mr. Grouse will be referredto in our next report.
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