3. _Agricultural Implements, etc._--Fig. 116. Mallet, head of which is
10 inches long and 16 in circumference; handle is 9 inches long and 5
in circumference.
Fig. 117. Scraper or hoe, 10 inches long and 4 broad; was cut out of a
trunk of a tree, and had natural branch formed into a handle.
[Illustration: Fig. 111. Fig. 112. Fig. 113. Fig. 114. Fig. 115. (Scale
1/8.)]
Fig. 118. Implement like boot or ploughshare, 10 inches long and 12
round the middle.
[Illustration: Fig. 116 (1/8).]
[Illustration: Fig. 117 (1/8).]
[Illustration: Fig. 118 (1/8).]
Fig. 119. Polished implement, 9 inches long, 5-1/4 broad, and 2 thick
(through the hole). The lower surface is flatter than the upper, and
slightly curved upwards longitudinally.
Fig. 120. Horseshoe-shaped implement, 2 inches thick and 2 deep at
curve; greatest breadth 4-1/2 inches from the tips of the horns; depth
of hollow 3-1/2 inches.
[Illustration: Fig. 119 (1/8).]
[Illustration: Fig. 120 (1/8).]
[Illustration: Fig. 121 (1/8).]
[Illustration: Fig. 122 (1/8).]
Fig. 121. Portion of a circular implement, about 8 inches in diameter,
and having a round hole in centre and ten small holes along the margin
(if the circle were completed at same rate there would be fifteen holes
in the series). The central hole was 1-1/4 inch in diameter, and had
a tightly-fitting plug when found. The other holes were narrower in
the middle, and large enough to admit of a common lead pencil to pass
through. They also slanted slightly inwards, so that their axes, if
prolonged, would meet at a common point about 6 inches from the central
hole, and in the line of its axis.
Fig. 122. Circular wheel, with hole in its centre and pointed teeth at
circumference; diameter 3-1/4 inches, ditto of hole 3/4 inch, thickness
1/2 an inch.
[Illustration: Fig. 123 (1/24).]
[Illustration: Fig. 124 (1/24).]
Fig. 123. Smooth piece of wood, 25 inches by 15, with square hole at
top and two round ones at sides. Several other portions of boards,
containing curious-shaped holes, were found.
Fig. 124. Piece of wood like the back of a seat in a canoe, 28 inches
long by 9 broad. It has a raised bead round the margin.
Fig. 36 shows one of the mortised beams with portion of its upright
taken from the outer trench at north-east corner.
Many other pieces of wood have been collected which illustrate various
points of interest. One has a square hole showing marks of a gouge;
another has a similar hole, but indicates that it was cut out by a
straight-edged implement like a small hatchet; while a third, being
part of the round tenon of a prepared beam splintered off, contains a
number of small holes with wooden pins, showing how it had been mended.
[Illustration: Fig. 125.--Outline of Canoe (1/24).]
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