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ilar impleineuts are reported to he in the Blaekmore Museum, one Ironi 

 Guiaua. 



Length, lO-i^o iuohes; width, o^V inches. 



Fig. 35. 



Fig. 36. 



Fig. 35. A very symmetrical blade, of purplish -black patiua. The 

 butt, though very plain, belongs to the double-beaked variety, and has 

 a long, shallow chamfer on the top. A slight swelling on the sides of 

 the butt relegates this specimen to the rimmed class. It is retained 

 here, however, as a connecting link to more elaborate forms. The haft- 

 ing space or neck is long, tapering, and shouldered at the sides. Tlie 

 sides also taper outward and the edge is unsymmetrical. The surface 

 of this example is i)ecked, and it is quite possible that it is a " double- 

 eagle" blade unfinished. 



Length, 7^ inches ; width of edge, 3-^^ inches ; of haft-space, 1^. 

 inches. 



Fig 3G. A finely-polished blade, of brown color. The general outline is 

 that of a shouldered hoe-blade. The edge is quite regular, the tapering 

 sides nearly alike, the neck symmetrical, and the faces continuous nearly 

 to the perforation. The butt is flared out at the sides like a crutch, the 

 concave of which is occupied by a narrow, perforated ridge. ^Vith this 

 should be compared a specimen from St. Vincent (Timeliri, Vol. I, p. 

 2G4, Fig. 3). The latter is more ornamented on the Tq>per border, but 



