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a delicate double beak. The haft-space or neck widens rapidly, but is 

 slightly shouldered all around its base. A similar butt and edge, with 

 parallel sides, is to be seen in a specimen from St. Vincent, belonging 

 to E. B. Grifiith {Timehri, in, pi. vii, Fig. 3; and a very much ruder 

 specimen in Id. I, 264, Fig. 1). 

 Length, 5 inches; width, 4 inches. 



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Fig. 118. 



Fig. 118. A grooved blade of dark brown color and fine polish. The 

 butt wedge-shaped and rounded. The hafting space is a complex affair, 

 consisting of four parts, two narrow-faced grooves, a groove on the lower 

 side a little wider, and a long, wide notch on the upper. The section of 

 the groove is rectangular. The same idea of a shoulder on one side of 

 the blade may be studied ia a specimen from Menuithorpe, Yorkshire, 

 England. This latter one, however, is very rude, and far behind the 

 Guesde's example. (Evans' "Ancient Stone Imiilements," Fig. 82.) 

 This blade lashed to a shouldered handle would be a very effective tool 

 or weapon. From Marie- Golante. 



Length, 6 inches ; width, 2-i% inches. 



Fig. 119. 



