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object was probably used in iiiucli the same way as the others figured 

 ill plate XVI, the ditference being- in form rather than in use. It is a 

 iine specimen of aboriginal stoiieworking-, the curved tip especially 

 showing difficult technic. 



Plates XVII to XXI represent a series of Carib implements from St 

 Vincent, some of which were presented by Mr ,racobson. of Trinidad, 

 and others by the author in the same island. Nearly all these specimens 

 have practically the same general form and are characterized by inden- 

 tations for hafting. These objects are duplicated in the Grue.sde col- 

 lection and specimens are figured by ProfessoV Mason. The reason for 

 introducing them here is that the majority of the Carib celts figured 

 by Mason were made from drawings and are not represented by speci- 

 mens in the Smithsonian collection. Moreover, by comparison of the 

 forms, the striking differences between the celts of Porto Kico and 

 those of the Lesser Antilles can best be shown." There is not a singh; 

 Cai'ib celt in the collections from Porto liico, although tin; island, 

 especially along the shore, was frequently raided by the Carib, who 

 obtained a foothold in the eastern end. The methods of hafting stone 

 implements are not distinctive enough to indicate different cultures, 

 but the.se implements show important technological differences char- 

 acteristic of two races. 



One of the finest specimens of Carib ini]>l('nicnts (plate xxi, t) was 

 purchased by the author in Barbados from a man who olitained it in 

 Cxrenada. This almost perfect specimen has a broad groove for at- 

 tachment to a handle, notches on the sides and ears on one end. It 

 is finely polished and made of a hard basaltic rock. Although the 

 Guesde collection has no specimens of exactly the same form, the out- 

 lines of .several are much more complicated and they may be regarded 

 as better implements from the technological point of view. Several 

 specimens of petaloid celts from eastern (Julia are shown in plate xxii. 



Emgmatu'al Stones 



The several stone objects figured in plate xxiii are enigmatical so 

 far as their uses are concerned. Plate xxiii. <i, is an ovoid stone, flat 

 on one side and slightly convex on the other — that turned to the 

 observer. The flat side has in the middle a round shallow pit, but the 

 convex side of the stone is incised with grooves, ari'anged in lines and 

 concentric triangles. A groove, not visible in the accompanying 

 figure, also extends around the nuu'gin of the .stone. One is tempted 

 to regard this object as a part of a grinding apparatus, simil ir to the 

 lower stone of the mill still used by the natives. 



oE. F. im Thurn. Notes on West Indian Stonn Implements, i. 257; ii, 253: in, 103. See also liis 

 nrtiele. On the Races of the West Inrlies, in Jciinml of llii: AiitlinqMlutjiail Iiiftilulr. j.. 190-lyB, London, 



