Vol. VI, No. LJ Fashion in Iron Styles. 5 



[N.8.] 



Kistna District (figs. 10 and 11): they are respectively 13£ 

 inches and 11 J inches long; they weigh respectively 2| and 

 3 oz., and their centres of gravity are 7| and 6£ inches remote 

 from the tips. That they differ in very little from type No. 4 



is evident. 



Kistn 



The next form of weighting is a curious one (fig. 12), 



seen only in one style received from 



Type 8. 



top 



G an jam : it is contrived by a bar affixed 



has its centre of gravity 6 J- inches from the tip. 



21 



The next set of specimens are like long nails (vide figs. 



13, 14, and 15). They all come from the 

 Kistna or Kurnool Districts, whence the 



Type 9, 



similar types 4 and 7 come. 



District of Origin. 



Length in 

 Inches. 



Weight in 

 Ounces. 



alike 



Kistna 

 Kistna 

 Kistna , 



Bezwada. 



alike 



Kurnool 

 Kistna, 



Bezwada . 

 Kistna 



10858 

 1 0854 



10848 



10818 



10803 

 10860 



Average . . 



12J 

 12* 



Distance 

 in inches of 

 the Centre of 

 Gravity from 



the tip. 



1 - > 



12 

 13 J 



1231 



Next 



in 



Type io. 



turn may be taken In succession of types of pen 



weighted above by means of a fusiform 



i ^ * 4 . ■ 



welling. 



plate xx by the following figures : 



types are illustrated on 



Fig. 

 Fig. 

 Fig. 



Fig. 

 Fig. 

 Fig. 



16. 

 17. 

 18. 

 19. 

 20. 

 21. 



Type 10 

 Type 11 

 Tvpe 11 

 Type 1 1 



Type 11 

 Type 11 



Style No. 

 Style No. 

 Style No. 

 Style No. 

 Style No. 

 Style No. 



KW64, from the Coimbato re District. 

 10775, from the Tanjore District, 



from North Arcot. 



10829, 

 10776, 



from the Tanjore District 

 from Malabar. 



10669, 



10720, from South Arcot. 



Style No. 10664 from Coimbatore (fig. 16) which lias a 

 length of 6| inches, and a weight of 1£ oz., and in winch the 

 distance of the centre of gravity from the tip is 4 inches, is 

 the simplest of the types being a transition between type 

 1, figure 1, and the types II and 12. 



