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[N.S.] 



pah, its weight is 3 oz. ; it is 14| inches long, and has the 

 centre of gravity 8 \ inches from the tip. 



The above completes the enumeration of the light styles 

 with knife edges attached; and we proceed to the heavy styles 

 with such knives. They fall into types by the shapes of the 

 blade. 



The third series of figures on plate xxi illustrates them. 



Fro. 



Fig. 

 Fig. 

 Fig. 

 Fig. 



42. 

 43. 

 44. 

 45. 



46, 



Type 29. 

 Type 29. 

 Type 30. 

 Type 31. 

 Type 32. 



Style No. 10684, from Malabar. 

 Style No. 10774, from Trichinopoly. 

 Style No. 10709, from Trichinopolv. 

 Style No. 10725, from Madura. 

 Style No. 10795, from Chingleput. 



Just as the heavy styles without knife-edges come from 

 T southern and western India, so do the 



ype heavy styles with knife-edges. The fol- 



lowing enumerates those of the heavy series in which (as in 

 fig. 42) the edge is straight. 



District of Origin. 



Trichinopoly 

 Tanjore 



Madura 

 Tan j ore 

 Tanjore 

 South Arcot 

 Tan j ore 

 Tan j ore 

 Chingleput 

 Tanj ore 

 Malabar 

 Malabar 



Malabar 

 Malabar 



Average 



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* * 



• * 



• * 



• 



• • 



• • 



I070f. 

 10770 

 10729 

 10777 

 10771 

 10719 



10780 



10778 



10798 

 10774 



10692 



[0694 



10684 

 10688 



Length in 

 Inches. 



Weight in 

 Ounces. 



5 



7< 



8 



Hi 

 11 



3* 

 1 



I s 



3 



i 



7| 



Distance 



in inches of 



the Centre of 



Gravity from 



the tip. 



31 



4 



4'. 

 6 



n 



9J 



906 



34:5 



y-i.7 



We pass on to those of the heavy series in which tin 



blade is hooked (fig. 44). A table enu- 



Type 30. 



merating them is to be found on the next 



page 



The average length and weight of styles with hooked 

 blades (type 30) is less than the average weight and Btyl. 

 with straight blades (type 29). as a consequence of Malabar 

 -applying some characteristically heavy styles with straight 



