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Fig". 08. A very coiimion tbrin of blade of soal-broNAii color, secining- to 

 have been cut from a simple i»ebble by excavating au encircling- groove, 

 hooded above and running out on the sides and faces. The difference 

 of depth in the groove between the sides and the faces is well marked 

 by the contour of the neck on its lower border. The asymmetry so 

 frequently noticed is very strong here. 



Length, 2-i% inches ,• width, 2 inches. 





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Fig. 79. A much worn blade of black color. The original shape may 

 have been like a meri, but constant grinding has brought it more to the 

 chopper form. 



Length, 3^ inches ; width, 3-^ inches. 



Fig. 70. A much worn blade of black color, quite like the modern 

 chopping knife, or Eskimo woman's knife. The butt is rough and small, 

 the neck long and tapering, suddenly widening below to the edge. From 

 one of the islets of Pointe-^-Pitre. 



Length, 3^ inches ; neck, 1 inch ; width of blade, 3^% inches. 



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