DESCRIPTIONS OF THE PLATES BONE IMPLEMENTS, ETC. II 



barbs, subalternate, those on one side rising a little above those on the other. 

 These barbs are not so long as those in Fig. 1, and lie nearer to the stem, which 

 throughout its length has a raised riblet, running up into the point, and 

 bordered all along by engraved lines or continued notches. The barbs in this 

 specimen have double grooves. This is one of the most carefully worked ; but 

 it is imperfect, owing to an old fracture just below the barbed portion. 

 Prom Laugerie Basse. 



Fig. 3. This is of the Long-poMed type, but not very sharp ; it has seven barbs 

 three on one side, and four on the other ; and the stem is marked with large 

 shallow furrows. This specimen differs somewhat in form from most of the 

 weapons of this kind. 

 From La Madelaine. 



Fig. 4. Another Harpoon-head, more carefully worked than the last. It is one 

 of the largest we have found. Its point is elongate and somewhat sharp. The 

 stem is regularly rounded. The barbs, cut out symmetrically, and marked 

 with simple grooves, are three on one side (right), and five on the other (left) ; 

 the first on the left side is placed forward, and has none to correspond with it 

 on the other side. The others are some alternate, some opposite. There are 

 no longitudinal lines, but only oblique notches between each two barbs. 

 The knobs at the haft are very prominent. 

 From La Madelaine. 



Fig. 5. A Fragment, broken off below the first pair of barbs. The point is very 

 much drawn out, rounded, and smooth at its extremity. The barbs have simple 

 grooves. This is a form very distinct from those ordinarily met with. 

 From La Madelaine. 



Fig. 6. With numerous barbs ; these are closely set, rounded, and offering no 

 trace of the supposed poison-grooves. Though broken through the barbed 

 portion, this specimen still presents seven barbs on one side and eight on the 

 other. 

 From La Madelaine. 



Fig. 7. A distinct type*, with the point forming a triangle by the meeting of the 

 first two barbs, which, like the others, are nearly flat, and are hollowed by two 



* Unless, indeed, it was originally longer, and has been re-cut and sharpened after having been broken. 



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