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The second winged axe was found at Canobie, and measures 

 4-i inches in length by 2 inches across the cutting edge, which is 

 semi-circular like the Barrens wark specimen. The wings are 

 triangular in form and are slightly bent over the faces toward 

 each other. There is no stop-ridge, and the butt is imperfect 

 on one side. This axe is figured in the Proceedings of the Society 

 of Antiquaries of Scotland, Vol. VIL, New Series, p. 163, and the 

 illustration is here reproduced as figure 4. 



The third and last specimen was found at Mouswald, and 

 measures 4i inches in length by 1| inch across the cutting edge. 

 The wings are of lozenge form with rounded angles, the butt is 

 slightly imperfect, and there is no stop-ridge. 



II. Dagger. — Of the type of weapon known as dagger, the 

 National Museum possesses a very fine example which was found 

 near Gretna. It measures 7 inches in 

 length by 2 inches across the widest 

 part of the handle plate. The blade 

 is fiuted at the edge, and is strength- 

 ened by a slightly raised ridge along 

 the centre on each side. This blade 

 has been attached to a handle of wood, 

 bone, horn, or ivory, by two rivets, 

 also of bronze, each {\ inch in length, 

 both of which are still in place. This 

 dagger is shown on a scale of one half 

 in figure 5, and has also been figured 

 elsewhere. * 



III. Rapier Blade. — A. rapier 

 blade of bright yellow bronze is also 

 in the national collection. It measures 

 10| inches in length, but a i)iece about 

 I inch in length has been broken off 

 the point. The breadth of the widest 

 part of the butt is 2\ inches, and the 

 base is pierced for two rivets, which 

 have been lost. These rapier blades 

 hold an immediate position between the 

 dagger-blade already described and the 



Fl,j, B.^Dagger of Bronze, tvith 

 Riiiets, found near Gretna. 



* Proceediurfs of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, Vol. II., New 

 Series, p. 97 ; and in Dr Anderson's Scotland in Paijan Times, Second Series, 

 p. 176. 



