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not think that the Pariar specimen is new to science. 
It is only the fragment of the blade of a copper swo ord han 
as is figured in Plate III in ae Smith’s previous article ! 
is noticed below (Plate II, No. 1). 
shall now deal with he fresh material. The temple 
of Bava Gudardas Uttam Das which stands in the heart of 
the town of Bithir contains three copper hatchets of almost 
identical shape and dimensions. I noticed them in 1904. 
smaller x aoe was brought to my notice last Reet It 
24”) has been seen in the temple of the same name which 
stands at Pariar. A hatchet which is different from all these 
types but resembles one of Mr. Oertel’s finds (Plate II, No. 3 
is kept in the temple of Janaki Ji at Pariar. It measures 
42” x 12” and is only 4” thick. 
Mr. O Oertel, Superintending Engineer, P.W.D., 
ee has secured four fine specimens from Bithir and 
as kin ndly se nt me their drawings. of them is a spear . 
had with a row of two teeth on sah’ site below the blade 
and is said to have been found in the Ganges. It weighs 
has a close resemblance with the swords from Fatehgarh now 
preserved in the Indian Museum, Calcutta. It weighs 39 
tolas or 150448 ounces. The fourth i is @ small copper hatchet 
and weighs 16 folas or 65825 ounces. It is almost identical 
with the one which is deposited in the temple of Janaki Ji at 
Pariar that has just been noticed. _ Plate It illustrates them. 
(1) “Harpoon aye etap and " wide). It has four 
prongs or teeth on each side, though one is now broken, The 
first two prongs near the blade are twisted and the remaining 
ones are pressed towards the sides. The prongs are, as is seen 
in the specimens of the Lucknow Museum, under the short 
blade of the weapon. A circular hole on one side is appar- 
ently meant to fasten the tool to a wooden handle. It weighs 
87 tolas or 2 lbs. 3°7939 oz. 
(2) Harpoon (13” long and 23” wide) with a row of two 
prongs on each side below the long blade. It resembles Mr. 
Oertel’s specimen and other types of the kind which have 
1 Ind. Ant., Vol. XXXIV, pp. 236ff. A similar fragment is depen 
ted in a shrine near the so-called hermitage of Valmiki at Bithir. 
