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cap of plate 18, C, has its apex not symmetrical but turned to one 

 side. A similar absence of symmetry likewise appears in the margins 

 of the blade, \Yhich are convex on one side and straight or slightly 

 concave on the other. The cap of plate 18, Z?, has two apical furrows 

 dividing the head into unequal lobes. 



Two specimens in which the apical furrow has become so deep 

 that two extended lobes have elongated into horns or ears are figured 

 in plate 18, E, F. In figure F^ these ears assume a fishtail form, and 

 in E the lobes are curved, distinctly resembling the ears of a rabbit. 



The head of an ax of the cap type, shown in plate 18, G^ has a 

 notched or serrated rim, the sawlilce margin appearing especially 

 pronounced on the right side, imparting to the whole implement a 

 conical or triangular form when seen in profile. 



Plate 18, i/, represents another ax of the same type, the head being 

 broken and the blade missing. In essential features the cap of this 

 implement recalls that of plate 18, (?, from which, however, it dif- 

 fers in dimensions and nmnber of notches, the workmanship on it 

 being so coarse that it appears to be an unfinished specimen. We 

 repeatedly find similar implements of this form in caches brought to 

 light by construction of roads across the island or by inroads of the 

 sea on exposed coasts. It appears that the natives blocked out these 

 implements and stored them for future use or for barter with those 

 who lived on islands where there was no stone adapted to the manu- 

 facture of implements. 



Plate 18, /, is an unidentified stone implement of rectangular 

 shape. 



Plate 19, ^1, is a rectangular ax with sharpened edge; plate 19, t', 

 represents an ax of simple fonn; but the blade, plate 19, 5, is not 

 unlike a modern ax in shape. 



It is not possible to identify the use of the implements shown in 

 plate 19, Z*, E^ but it is supposed that they once had handles. 



QBOOVED HAMMERS AND AXES 



' P'our stone hammers from the Heye collection, shown in plate 19, 

 F-1^ represent typical forms of these implements from the Lesser 

 Antilles. In their general outlines they correspond closely with 

 those of Porto Eico, all being deeply grooved for hafting, rounded 

 above and below. They were evidently battering or pounding imple- 

 ments. From the depth of the groove it is evident that a wooden 

 handle was formerly firmly lashed to them, either tied by cords or bent 

 around their body, filling the encircling groove, which insured its 

 attachment. 



