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Fig. 53. A very gracefully outlined blade, of drab material. The butt 

 is gently rounded and bounded by a trenchant rim, whose plane is 

 curved upward in the middle. All the other parts are continuous. 

 The sides, however, remind us how averse the ancient Antillians were 

 to symmetry. 



Length, o/f,- inches; width, 4-j^ inches. 





Fig. 54. 



Fig. 54. This figure represents a large and beautiful blade, very heavy 

 and close-grained, and black in color. It would take a strong arm to 

 wield this implement. In shape it approaches still nearer to the !N"ew 

 Zealand meri, but the handle is still too wide. The sides are very much 

 alike. From St. Kose. 



Length, 9^^ inches; greatest width, 5^^ inches ; neck, 2^ inches. 





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TUi. 55. 



Fig. 55. A long, thin blade of peculiar pattern, and dark brown in 

 color. The liutt is large in proportion to the body. The two sides do 

 not quite correspond, and the edge is adapted to this fact, showing just 

 the slightest tendency to the bill-hook variety, to be described further 

 on. 



Length, 8 inches ; greatest width, 2i% inches. 



Fig. 56. A broad, meri-shaped blade of dark surface. The butt is 

 small, rounded, and overhanging. The lower side is much more pronii- 

 nent. The whole appearance of this specimen indicates that it came to 

 its present shape without much artificial modification. 



Length, 7-i% inches ; width, 4-1^0 inches. 



