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an elevation of 5,365 feet above the level of thesea. The town 
itself is built on a smal] plain, surrounded on all sides by bare 
hillsides which rise up to a maximum height of 9,050 feet 
above the sea in the mountain Lu-tsung-shan. The absence of 
trees and scrub vegetation, and the fact that the lower slopes 
areas in Burma. 
I propose describing a representative series of twelve stone 
implements here, selected from numerours specimens which 
have recently examined in Téngyiieh. 
Nine of these specimens are fashioned from various 
varieties of jadeite, the other three being cut from :— 
(a) A hard, red, fine-grained, slate-like rock (see figs. 
8 & 8a. 
(6) A hard, fine-grained, white quartzite (see figs. 
1 a. 
(c) A dark-coloured, basaltic igneous rock (see figs. 
2 & 2a.) 
he exact nature of this igneous rock (c) cannot be deter- 
mined without injuring the specimen. All these specimens were 
purchased for small sums from their owners. It is much to be 
regretted that none have as yet been found in situ by @ 
trustworthy observer. All the specimens are highly polished 
and probably belong to the Neolithic period. 
Local Beliefs regarding Stone Implements. 
It is interesting to note that the Yunnanese attribute a 
celestial origin to these stone implements and firmly believe 
mate thing; for example, it is affirmed that if a tree is struck 
by lightning a stone weapon will be found not more than two 
_ 1 ‘Lei’? (Wade’s method) is pronounced ‘‘Lui’’ in Western 
Yiinnan. 
