I shall quote what he has to say on those subjects in their proper places in subsequent chapters. His article on “Dress and Ornaments,” ends with these words:— “With this suggestion, as to the additional use of what was evidently a leading article in the Indian’s toilet, our investigation must come to a close. In it we have endeavored not only to picture the dress and ornaments of our savages, but we have been obliged to examine the materials of which their dresses and ornaments were made, and to describe the arts by which these materials were fitted for their several uses. It has been a laborious task, but fortunately the sources of information were abundant; and whilst it is probable that our treatment of the subject has not been as complete as might have been desired, yet it is believed, that enough has been given to justify us in accepting, as our own, the statement that ‘from what has been said as to their method of adorning themselves, it might be inferred that the savages, instead of adding to their personal beauty (for they are, nearly all, well made), were really trying to render themselves unnatural and hideous.’ This is true; and yet when they are in full dress, the fantastical arrangement of their ornaments not only has nothing in it that is offensive, but it really possesses a certain charm which is pleasing in itself and makes them appear to great advantage.”[40] CHAPTER XIX GROUND STONE—PROBLEMATICAL FORMS THE GORGETS Since we have examined these gorgets and ornaments from a historical point of view, let us now return to our archæological position and study them through the natural history method. In 1906 Dr. Charles Peabody and myself published Bulletin II, “The So-Called ‘Gorgets.’” This pamphlet was the outcome of a great deal of study, correspondence, and travel. In that report we published a very technical description of gorgets, but omitted winged objects and the crescents and everything except flat and ridged objects with perforations at the centre or near the ends. None of our objects were perforated through their long diameter. The work on the gorgets is too technical to be reproduced here. We measured all of the gorgets in the Andover and Harvard and other collections, over six hundred, and gave the diameters in millimetres. This total embraces a number of specimens seen at Washington and elsewhere, as at Andover and Cambridge there were four hundred and eight specimens by count. These specimens were examined by means of a triple lens in every possible way. They were measured by the metric system, and the size of each one set down, the diameter of the perforation being given. In “The Stone Age,” I shall adopt the conclusions reached by Dr. Peabody and myself with some additions. _Broken and worked Gorgets_