Ontario Sessional Papers, 1897-98, . Fig. 23, i dia. Fig. 24, ^ dia. is broken. Between the feet is a smallhole for a string to hold it to the woodenstem, which entered a hole nearly midway in the back. The lower side of the base is marked off into small squares. Found in Bexley by Mr. Laidlaw. Stone Discs. If stones of this kind were not used for gambling ])urposes, or inthe playing of some game for mere amusement, it is hard to say inin what other way they could have been emplo^^ed, Figure 25 ismade darker on the side shown than on the other side, which is alsomarked with a cross. Mr.
Ontario Sessional Papers, 1897-98, . Fig. 23, i dia. Fig. 24, ^ dia. is broken. Between the feet is a smallhole for a string to hold it to the woodenstem, which entered a hole nearly midway in the back. The lower side of the base is marked off into small squares. Found in Bexley by Mr. Laidlaw. Stone Discs. If stones of this kind were not used for gambling ])urposes, or inthe playing of some game for mere amusement, it is hard to say inin what other way they could have been emplo^^ed, Figure 25 ismade darker on the side shown than on the other side, which is alsomarked with a cross. Mr. Stewart Culin, Curator of the University of PennsylvaniaMuseum, in Philadelphia, is now engaged in making a special study ofaborigkial gimes and gaming appliances, and wdien the results of hisresearches appear in print, no doubt some light will be thrown on theuse to whicli objects of this description were put. ^.
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