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There is the same relative predominance in size of the shaft over 

 the head in this as in previous specimens, while the form and the 

 relatively greater width of the shaft is shown in the specimen figured 

 in plate 13, G. In plate 13, //, the head is more sharply pointed 

 than the othere, but their general form is identical. 



The head of the circular implement, plate 14, A. is narrower 

 than the lilade and separated from it by sj'mmetrical marginal in- 

 dentations, presenting one of the best-known examples of a type 

 which has comparatively few members. Plate 14, 5, C\ Z>, E^ are 

 provisionally placed in this group, although in plate 14, E^ there is 

 a pronounced want of symmetry in the two sides. 



The features separating plate 14, £', F, from the different mem- 

 bers of the eared type are small, mainly specific rather than generic. 

 Plate 14, G, representing a typical notched-edge ax, unlike most of 

 the specimens thus far referred to. has a cutting edge. The essential 

 feature of an ax the head of which is notched at the edges is shown 

 in plate 14. Z>, and its relatively gi'eater breadth of head compared to 

 the shaft is evident from the illustration. 



The im2:)lement represented in plate 14, F, has a deep groove in 

 the head and a shallow indentation on each margin. The former 

 is deep and broad, whereas in plate 14, G^ where it again occurs, 

 it is small and semicircular in form. 



The single notch on the head of plate 14, <?, is replaced by three 

 notches in plate 14, H^ which is unique in this particular feature. 

 These grooves become quite deep in plate 15, A^ while in plate 15, B^ 

 the median groove of the head is more pronounced than the two 

 lateral ones. In plate 15. C\ D, E, there is a return to a tendency 

 to a groove separating the head of the ax from the blade or a hafting 

 for a handle. 



The tendency to introduce a groove between the head and blade of 

 the ax appears also in plate 15, £', F, whose margin, as seen in profile, 

 becomes a waved line with alternate projections and furrows, the 

 latter most strongly marked on the head. The margin of the ax 

 becomes rectangular in one specimen, shown in plate 15, G; there are 

 furrows cut on the head of plate 15, /Z, /. Figures H and / must be 

 classified as aberrant forms of a type differing from the stone imple- 

 ments with indented edges, but having conmion features which justify 

 their being jjrovisionally placed in this group. 



In considering the shapes of plate 16, A, B, we are reminded of 

 the forms of bronze axes so common in the Old World. They have 

 the same symmetrical form and the sharp edge, showing that they 

 are implements used in cutting. 



The implement shown in plate 16, />, is dumb-bell shaped, when 

 seen in profile, and has a median groove, the two halves being about 

 uniform in size. 



