362 AUSTRALIAN ABORIGINAL STONE WEAPONS AND IMPLEMENTS, 



direction. The measurements of this implement are : — Length, 

 5Jin. ; breadth, 3|in. ; thickness, 2in. ; weight, lib. loz. 



Of a similar type, but both partially polished and chipped, is 

 another tomahawk from the same collection, of a reddish-hue, 

 and composed of a felspathic quartzite (PI. xxx., figs. 1 and 2). 

 Like the preceding, it also appears to have been a pebble, of 

 which the end selected to serve as the butt has been much flaked 

 off, a process to which the stone seems to have readily yielded. 

 The anterior, or fore end, has a long and well executed bevel, 

 the curve of the cutting edge being one of the most perfect I 

 have yet seen on a tomahawk of this description. If an imaginary 

 line be drawn across the centre of the tomahawk, in the direction 

 of its longer axis, the curve of the cutting edge will be found to 

 be almost equilateral. Although the bevelled surface bears an 

 excellent polish, the friction striae still remain, and are chiefly 

 transverse in their direction. The flakes at the butt have also 

 been chipped in a similar line, and to such an extent as to render 

 the anterior end the thicker by far. The measurements are : — 

 Length, 4|-in. ; breadth, 3fin. ; thickness, If in. j weight, 14oz. 



A somewhat heavier, larger, and longer weapon, but of this 

 type, is before me from the Queensland Museum. It is composed 

 of a hornblende schist, extensively flaked at the posterior end, and 

 partially polished anteriorly. The locality is Fraser's Island, 

 ( ? Hervey Bay). It would appear to have been a pebble, reduced 

 at the butt by percussion, and laterally ground to some extent. 

 The bevel is rather a high one, and the cutting edge again shows 

 an irregularity of curvature, tending much towards one side. 

 This is not a shapely or well finished implement, but is heavy and 

 formidable. The measurements are :— Length, 5£in. ; breadth, 

 3 Jin. ; thickness, 1 |in. ; weight, 1 fib. 



A smaller and much ruder tomahawk is from the same locality 

 and contained in the same collection. It is composed of a similar 

 rock, and has been prepared in a like manner, but the cutting 

 edge is much broken. 



Another Queensland example of this series, and a rather 

 peculiar one, is from Bulloo, Mogul Creek, Bulloo River, 



