GUESDE CELLECTION OF ANTIQUITIES IN WEST INDIES. 779 



In some other examples the butt is modified by the -lateral asymmetry. 

 The point of coalescence of the left side with the edge is quite distinct 

 although it is not yet quite a hook. 



Length, 11 inches ; greatest width, 4-,^ inches. 



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Fig. 81. A beautifully polished massive blade, of light drab color. 

 The inner edge of the butt is nearly straight and banded. In the 

 other parts our type is carried out, the only advance being the change 

 of curve near the edge at the lower side. The specimen is highly fin- 

 ished and would be an attractive object in any collection. 



Length, ISj^ inches; greatest width, 4^ inches. 



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Fig. 82. 



Fig. 82. A giant blade, of mottled color, resembling marble. Here 

 will be seen the billhook type quite fully developed. The sloi)ing butt, 

 the totally unlike sides, and the extension of the edge well beyond the 

 line of the lower side are all noteworthy. The remains of tinting, visible 

 all arouiul the sides and edge, stamp this specimen with a form to which 

 Nature has not contributed a suggestion; they also show how such im- 

 plements were constructed. 



Length, li-^^ inches ; greatest width, C-j% inches. 



Fig. s;]. A massive blade of light brown color and highly polished. 

 The small, lough butt belongs to quite another order, indeed, in tliis 



