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surfaces of the section are now ground down upon a fine 
grained sandstone slab reputed to come from Mirzapore 
near Benares. This stone is not unlike the small grave 
stones used by Muhammadans in some districts; it 
measures usually 16” x 8”. 
A typical compound bangle made at Haragash in 
Rangpur District in considerable quantity has the outer 
face of each section formed of two planes meeting 
medially at an obtuse angle. The original form of the 
working ring in transverse section being rectangular, 
considerable labour is required to rub down the outer 
face of each ring to the requisite pattern owing to the 
crude form of the tool used ; the work is simple and with 
an abundant supply of cheap labour, employers feel no 
need to seek for improved methods. For grinding the 
outer face of bangles to this pattern workers receive 
Ke pet 100: 
More highly finished bangles necessitate decoration 
by means of carving, drilling, polishing and lacquering. 
For carving, small tenon saws, and files are used ; prefer- 
ence is given to the former whenever possible as they are 
more flexible, expeditious and durable than files. The 
greater part of patterns composed of straight lines and 
grooves are graved in this way by a small saw of the 
pattern shown in figs.1 and2, pl. IX. The edge is of the 
same minutely dentate form as in the two-handled shell- 
saws, and is sharpened in similar manner by means of a 
chisel-edged hammer. An ornamentation frequent on 
common bangles for country-women is where a V-shaped 
eroove passes circumferentially around it. This is pro- 
duced by two cuts made by this saw, finished off by 
filing ; when this groove is made in bangles where the 
outer face has in addition to be first ground to an obtuse 
circumferential angle, the worker in one factory visited 
was paid at the rate of Rs. 4 per 100 bangles for these 
two operations. 
The rest used by bangle carvers to support the 
working sections exhibits some variation in style accord- 
ing to locality. In Dacca a primitive-looking tripod of 
three thin sticks is employed, two short, the third long. 
The two former are lashed together in inverted V-form, 
in such way that a twisted bridge of string connects the 
two near the apex thus, A. Through the opening thus 
