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The broad cutting edge of plate 26, A, is slightly curved but sharp, 

 although the shaft tends to be angular on each margin. The finest 

 examples of a beveled cutting edge occur in plate 26, ^1, D-L. These 

 tools are angular and elongated in shape, of about uniform size 

 throughout their length, their thiclcness being about one-fifth of their 

 breadth. The butt, when seen from one extremity, has a rectangular 

 form and the cross section throughout its length is uniform. The 

 use of stone objects represented in jolate 26, B, C\ is problematical. 



In plate 26, G, we have represented an angular implement, sharp- 

 ened but not beveled at its cutting extremity, and squarely formed 

 at the opposite end. 



In plate 26, II, we find the tendency to angular edges very pro- 

 nounced, and in plate 26, /, J, the same figure is evident, although 

 the implement is much elongated and tapers slightly to each end. 



In plate 26, K, the cutting edge is almost straight, but the ax 

 shown in jilate 26, Z, is slightly curved, its two margins rounded 

 i-ather than angulai-, and the tip blunt. 



Plate 27, A, B, may be regarded as tools of typical forms, and in 

 plate 27, C, we have an approach to the chisel form which often 

 occurs in all collections from different West Indian islands. Plate 

 27, Z?, represents a tool, the cross section of which is square, the 

 edge sharpened, and the tip flat. A similarly formed chisel is 

 shown in plate 27, E, the same type, almost square in profile, appear- 

 ing in plate 27, F. The chisel, plate 27, O, is beveled on two oppo- 

 site sides, diminishing to a point at the opposite extremity. The 

 specimens represented in plate 27, II, /, are tools of the types men- 

 tioned, whose forms are somewhat modified in detail, but still pre- 

 serve the same general features. 



The implements shown in plate 28, A, B, have been designated 

 chisels, and are probably, more strictly speaking, foi-ms of cutting 

 implements, rather than celts or weapons. 



In plate 28, C, D, E, we have different forms of stone cutting 

 implements, cleaver shape, but with slight projections on the head, 

 on each side of a median notch. Although their outlines vai-y con- 

 siderably they preserve the same general form, usually having a 

 cutting edge. 



Plate 28, F, from the Berlin Museum, is noteworthy on account 

 of the relative sizes of the head and blade. 



A modification in the cutting edge is introduced in the two tools 

 represented in i^late 28, (?, H ; the angle to the axis of the implement 

 is slight in G, but more acute in H. Plate 28, /, shows a passage 

 from this type into the grooved implement shown in this specimen, 

 while plate 28, J , K, Z, are tools having the same form, but made of 

 shell. These implements are not as conunon as those of stone and 



