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Journal of the Asiatic Society of Bengal. [January, 1910. 



only | oz., and being 4| inches long, 

 similarly ornamented at the middle. 



Every specimen is 



District of Origin. 



Vizagapatam 

 Gan jam 

 Ganjam 

 Gan jam 

 Vizagapatam 



* 



Average 



10749 

 10746 

 10745 



10747 

 10751 



Length in 

 Inches. 



Weight in 

 Ounces. 



4', 



6 



6{ 



Centre 

 of Gravity 



V55 





at the 

 middle 



1-17 



Far away from the Circars in Malabar and South Canara 

 another double pointed style is used ; but it is of a much heavier 

 type. That the two are quite unlike is readily shown by 

 a comparison of the figures 7 and 8 with figure 6. 



The following table gives the length and weight of this 



6 heavy pen. The centre of gravity is in 



all examples at the middle. 



District of Origin. 



Malabar, Pannianur 

 South Canara 

 Malabar 

 Malabar, Pannianur 



Malabar 



Length in 

 Inches. 



Average 



Weight in 

 Ounces. 



Centre of 

 Gravity. 



at the 

 middle 



12-20 



The last style of the five in the table is so very large and 

 heavy that it almost might have been separated from the other 

 as a distinct type. 



We now pass on to styles weighted towards the upper 



end such as are illustrated by the follow- 

 ing figures on plate xx : — 



Type 7. 



Figs. 10 and 11. 

 Kistna District. 



Fig. 12. 

 Fig. 13. 

 Fig. 14. 

 Fig. 15. 



Type 8. 

 Type 9. 

 Type 9. 

 Type 9. 



Type 7. Styles Nos. 10853 and 10855, from the 



Style No. 10734, from the Ganjam District. 

 Style No. 10858, from the Kistna District. 

 Style No. 10848, from Bezwada, Kistna District- 



Style No. 10860, from the Kistna District. ^ 



A very simple fprm of weighting is that in which the top is 

 turned over: two such pens have been received from the 



