. Ontario Sessional Papers, 1905, . withstanding the favor in which this kindof stone was held for various purposes, pipe-making was not one ofthese, if we may judge from our own collection, not more than fiveor six per cent, of the stone pipes or pipe-heads being made of thismaterial. 30 ARCHAEOLOGICAL REPORT The somewhat poorly bored hole is half an inch in diameter,and an inch deep, and to make it serviceable for smoking purposes itwas only needful to bore a shallow hole to meet it through one of thesides. Iigure 27 shows a side that has been fairly well rounded andsmoothed, but th
. Ontario Sessional Papers, 1905, . withstanding the favor in which this kindof stone was held for various purposes, pipe-making was not one ofthese, if we may judge from our own collection, not more than fiveor six per cent, of the stone pipes or pipe-heads being made of thismaterial. 30 ARCHAEOLOGICAL REPORT The somewhat poorly bored hole is half an inch in diameter,and an inch deep, and to make it serviceable for smoking purposes itwas only needful to bore a shallow hole to meet it through one of thesides. Iigure 27 shows a side that has been fairly well rounded andsmoothed, but the workman either changed his mind, if he set out tomake a pipe or the object fell into the hands of another perso»>, whoseems to have mad© a beginning towards cutting away what he re-■garded as superfluous material with the intention of forming aJozenge-shaped bowl, as may be guessed from the marks on the side,figure 26. This somewhat curious specimen came to us in the J. P. Huntcollection, and was found in Middlesex county,
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