. History of the counties of Dauphin and Lebanon : in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania ; biographical and genealogical . 11 1 1. Female Ornament. 2. Axe. 3. Pestle. 4. Biscay Axe. 5. Chisel. 6. Hammer. 7. Earthen Jar.: 8. Last. 9. Paint Cup. 10. Quoit. I I. Spear. 12. Scraper. 13. Ornament. 14. Borer. 15. Sceptre. 16. Carved Head. (All stone implements except 4 and 7. GENERAL HISTORY. to a small one without breaking it as it is for a Cau-casian to whittle a stick down to a tooth-pick. Asto their manufacture, the authority just quoted says,The first step was to select a solid stone of uniformde


. History of the counties of Dauphin and Lebanon : in the commonwealth of Pennsylvania ; biographical and genealogical . 11 1 1. Female Ornament. 2. Axe. 3. Pestle. 4. Biscay Axe. 5. Chisel. 6. Hammer. 7. Earthen Jar.: 8. Last. 9. Paint Cup. 10. Quoit. I I. Spear. 12. Scraper. 13. Ornament. 14. Borer. 15. Sceptre. 16. Carved Head. (All stone implements except 4 and 7. GENERAL HISTORY. to a small one without breaking it as it is for a Cau-casian to whittle a stick down to a tooth-pick. Asto their manufacture, the authority just quoted says,The first step was to select a solid stone of uniformdensity, and by trial discover which way the stonechips. Flints do not chip equally well in all direc-tions. The second step is flaking or breaking largechips off a rock. The stone celt for chisel and ham-mer, it is true, bore a conspicuous part in the instru-ments used in forming the larger implements of war,agriculture, and those employed in the preparation offood, namely, mortars and pestles, and to a certainextent in shaping the arrowhead and articles abovementioned. Yet, says a good authority,1 in the ex-aminati


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