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Plate XXIII, h. iiii unknowu implement of semicirculiir form, has 

 extensions or projections, two on the middle line and one at each point 

 of the crescentic inurg-in. In c is figured a melon-shaped stone, crossed 

 by meridional grooves which do not clearly appear in tlie illustration. 

 Its use is unknown, and, so far as the collections here considered are 

 concerned, its form is unicjue. 



The specimen represented by d is a Hat circular stone, plain on one 

 side and decorated with meandering grooves on the other. This object 

 has an extension on the rim, through which there is a hole, with a 

 beveled periphery, by which it may have been siispeiKled to be used as 

 a gong. 



The stones figured in plate xxiii are of different types, but two speci- 

 mens are so nearly alike that we may suppose that they had a like use. 

 A flat disk with a round tapering stone handle, from Santo Domingo, 

 collected by Mr Gabb, is represented by f. Both handle and disk are 

 decorated with minute pits or indentations. The spatulate stone,/", 

 is destitute of superficial decorations but has approximately the same 

 form as that just mentioned. This specimen was presented to the 

 Smithsonian Institution by Mr Latimer and is described and figured 

 by Professor ^Nlason as a '"paddle-shaped celt.'' The term celt implies 

 its iise for purposes quite different from those for which specimen a 

 is adapted, but its purpose is not definitely known. The object illus- 

 trated by </ was evidently used for rubbing, liut that shown in figure h 

 on the same plate is enigmatical. 



Plate xxiii, i, represents a singular cylindrical stone, fiat on one side 

 and rounded on that turned to the observer. An enlargement at one 

 end suggests a head and the tapering tail gives a serpentine appear- 

 ance to the whole object. This specimen may be regarded provision- 

 ally as a serpent fetisi). although the resemblance to a serpent is but 

 superficial. 



The specimen designated /' is an artificially formed stone of unknowu 

 meaning, resembling a large unperforated ))ead. This may have been 

 used by the aborigines as a rolling pin to crush paint or herbs, or, as 

 t)oth ends are somewhat worn, as a pestle for bruising hard grains 

 or nuts. 



It is to be regretted that the cuived stone (plate xxiii. /) from 

 St Vincent is broken, for it belongs to a type new to students of 

 Carib antiquities. 



The specimen figured in plate xxiii, /, is one of the enigmas 

 with which the student of the aborigines of the island has to deal. 

 AVhen seen from one side it has a triangular profile, its base being 

 surrounded hy a shallow groove. The breadth is somewhat less than 

 the thickness and the surfaces are rounded. This stone, so far as 

 form is concerned, might be confounded with the fourth typerrf three- 



