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this had occurred just before the weapon was sold to the 

 Scai-borough Society, as I understand at that time the late 

 Canon Greenwell and others were able to get repairs of this 

 sort carried out with hardly any effect upon the patina. 



However, possibly as a result of the usual postal methods, 

 on the return of the sword from Mr. Brew is, the bend which 

 existed when forwarded, was almost straightened, and during 

 this process the welding was distinctly shown by the widening 

 of one of the joints ; and further, the severed portions had 

 been firmly held together by a screw inserted in the centre of 

 each. 



The sword, as in the case of the two Newcastle examples 

 already referred to, is of the late Bronze Age or early Iron 

 Age period (Halstadt). 



(2) This a very delicate and well-made rapier, something 

 after the same style as the implement in the Doncaster Museum 

 (see The Naturalist, 1918, fig. i, Plate IV.), though the Scar- 

 borough example is much finer in workmanship. It bears a 

 label to the effect that it was 'found nr. Flotmanby.' An 

 almost precisely similar implement, both in shape and size, 

 found in the Thames, is figured by Evans {toin cit, p. 249) . 

 In this case, in lieu of the usual rivet holes for attach- 

 ment to the handle, are two notches, one at each side of the 

 base, which would, no doubt, enable the blade to be steadied 

 by rivets. The specimen is very bayonet-like in its method 

 of construction, it has a broad central rib, from which the 

 edges proceed, and these have the appearance of hollow-ground 

 razors. At the broadest part of the blade, about the point iu 

 which the handle would extend, are two very fine spurs * ■ 

 projections. 



The specimen is 10:" long, i" wide in the middle, li" at 

 its greatest width, and about I" in thickness. Weight 4 oz. 



(3) There are half a dozen palstaves of interesting design, 

 and of varying type. One is on a card together with 

 another palstave, and the card bears a label, ' bronze celt 

 found in Scalby Beck near Scarboro.' This label may refer 

 to either of the axes attached to the card, to both, or to 

 neither. At any rate we can take it that this celt is from the 

 Scarborough district. The first (No. 3) is of the flat variety, 

 has a sharpened cutting edge carefully worked, and has only 

 very slight side ridges, and the merest suggestion of a central 

 depression for receiving the half of the split wood shaft. 

 This celt represents almost t^e first stage in the evolution 

 of the plain flat axe which was made in imitation of the stone 

 axe. A very similar example, though possibly even slightly 

 more primitive, in shown on fig. 21, Plate 4, of The Naturalist 

 for 1917, this being from Bridlington. Both examples are 

 suggestive of the type of axe found in Ireland. The Scar- 



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