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Nearly all tlio inii>K>iiu'nts and tools discovered were of stone, hut of heautiful finish and trrcat 

 variety of form. No metal tools, whatever, wore, found. The only articles of m«'tal were little rude 

 coi)i)cr bells. 



A copper bdl consisted of a plate of the metal wrought into leaflets. These leaflets were 

 brought tttgether at the apices so as to form a hollow ball with meridional oi)enings. In this ball 

 a pebble was imprisone<l for a clapper. The handle, or stem, \\ as soldered on in a manner which 



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indicated a knowledge of a soldering material and the use of the blowpipe; and indications are 

 not wanting that the bells were not introduced from a distance by trade, but were nniiinfactnrcd 

 where found. 



