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ing the semicircular. In this instance we find that the butt-end, 

 which is convexly truncated, has been partially shaped by grinding. 



The Cape Hawke tomahawk is a heavy and unwieldy imple- 

 ment, and when in use must have been mounted on an extremely 

 strong handle, or perhaps simply held by a slender withy and used 

 as a wedge. The acceptance of the latter view would no doubt 

 account for the bruised appearance presented by the butt-end. 

 The tomahawk is five and six-eighths inches long, three and 

 seven-eighths broad, and two and a half inches in thickness. 



So far, therefore, as our present knowledge of these grooved 

 tomahawks stands, we have two types — 



1. Ovate tyj^e. 



a. With the hafting groove more or less central. 

 h. With the hafting groove posterior, 



2. Deltoid tyi^e. 



h. With the hafting groove posterior. 



The recorded distribution is now as follows : — 



1. North Queensland ( De Vis). 



2. Tilligerry Creek, Port Sl-ephens, N.S.W. (McPherson). 



3. Cape Hawke, N.S.W. (Breckenridge), 



4. Lake Cudgellico, Co. Dowling, N.S.W. (Stonier). 



5. Lake Condah, Co. Normanby, Vict. (Smyth)^ where they are 

 known as Pur-ut-three. 



XIX. — Toynahaiok of the Gad-sliaj)ed Type. 



A very fine example of what I have termed the " G-ad-shaped " 

 type has been presented to the Mining and Geological Museum 

 by Mr. W. A. Cuneo, of Thirlmere, where it was found. It 

 consists of an oblong pebble, either diorite or diabase, Mr. Card 

 thinks, decreasing in diameter towards the butt. The longer 

 edges in the anterior or fore part of the tomahawk are practically 

 parallel, one of the sides moderately convex, the other flattened 

 in the middle. The cutting-edge is regularly curved and the 

 bevel almost equal on both faces, with the stria3 resulting from 

 the grinding still visible, passing diagonally across the faces. 



