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Fig. 110. A beautifully polished blade, of bright brown color. In 

 shape it resembles a butcher's cleaver, well worn. It should be com- 

 pared with figures 77 to 88. In the curve of the right side the bill-hook 

 form recurs, and, in this respect, this specimen should have been de- 

 scribed in the last chapter. 



Length, 7^o inches ; greatest width, 4^ inches. 



Fig. 110. 



Fig. 111. A massive blade of slaty gray color. This specimen also by 

 its edge goes to the bill-hook type. (See figures 77 to 88.) The sinuate 

 groove and broken sides should be noticed. It is customary to take 

 the groove on axes largely into account, but in this example, as well as 

 in figures 93, 94, 96, and 110, the salient feature is the twisting of the 

 contour of the implement to one side, forming a decided hook in many 

 examples. 



Length, 12 inches ; greatest width, 4-^ inches. 



^ Fig. 112. A grooved blade of gray color. This 

 form is so common in the United States and so ab- 

 solutely unknown in the West Indies that the prob- 

 ■lis.iia^.iiuwi^is*' abilities are against its genuineness. M. Guesde, 

 Fig. 112. howcvcr, is our authority for placing it in Guade- 



loupe. Looking over a large number of ax-blades from the United 

 States, one is struck with the prevalence of this particular type, with 

 the left boundary of the neck ridged up on both sides, in areas widely 

 separated. 

 Length, 3^o inches ; width, 1-j^ inches. 



Fig. 113. A grooved ax of reddish brown color. It is of a very com- 

 mon pattern, excepting the bulging of the right side, which gives it the 

 appearance of having been cut out for a shouldered handle. (See Fig. 

 118.) 

 Length, 5i inches ; average width, 2^^ inches. 



