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FORESTRY AND IRRIGATION 



July 



I. SHOWING EVOLUTION OF THE AXE OF THE OLD WORLD ; FROM PHOTO OF COLLECTION 

 AT THE SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, WASHINGTON. 



France. No. 2 is a cutting implement 

 of flint shaped by chipping in Sweden. 

 No. 3, of flint, shaped by chipping and 

 finished by grinding in Sweden. No. 4 

 was made of non-chipable material, 

 pecked into form and then ground. No. 

 5, made of non-chipable material, pecked 

 into form, ground, and then polished ; 

 the pole was roughened for insertion in 

 a wooden handle ; Switzerland. No. 6 



is ground serpentine, fitted in staghorn 

 socket for insertion in wooden handle. 

 No. 7 is cast bronze, with blade and 

 provision for insertion of wooden han- 

 dle. No. 8, cast bronze, blade flat, with 

 raised edges for insertion in wooden 

 handle. No. 9, cast bronze, with wings 

 and stop to aid in fixing handle. No. 

 10, cast bronze, with w r ide wings at 

 sides and hook at upper end to aid in 





II. EVOLUTION OF THE AXE OF THE AMERICAN INDIAN ; FROM PHOTO OF COLLECTION AT 



SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION, WASHINGTON. 



