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  APPENDIX. 
  

  

  the 
  similarity 
  that 
  there 
  seems 
  no 
  room 
  to 
  doubt 
  a 
  community 
  of 
  origin 
  

   between 
  the 
  palseolithic 
  races 
  who 
  manufactured 
  and 
  used 
  such 
  identical 
  

   forms 
  in 
  India 
  and 
  Europe 
  — 
  an 
  observation 
  which 
  has 
  an 
  even 
  more 
  ex- 
  

   tended 
  application 
  and 
  significance 
  with 
  respect 
  to 
  the 
  dolmens, 
  cromlechs, 
  

   and 
  stone 
  circles 
  so 
  plentiful 
  in 
  some 
  parts 
  of 
  India, 
  and 
  so 
  identical 
  

   with 
  similar 
  erections 
  in 
  Europe. 
  

  

  Were 
  there, 
  however, 
  any 
  objectors 
  so 
  hardy 
  as 
  to 
  argue, 
  that 
  such 
  

   similarity 
  of 
  monuments, 
  both 
  industrial, 
  funereal, 
  and 
  religious, 
  was 
  

   merely 
  the 
  result 
  of 
  a 
  fortuitous 
  similarity 
  of 
  conditions, 
  it 
  would 
  seem 
  

   as 
  though 
  a 
  conclusive 
  answer 
  to 
  such 
  a 
  supposition 
  was 
  provided 
  

   in 
  anticipation 
  in 
  British 
  Burmah. 
  It 
  seems 
  difficult 
  to 
  imagine 
  what 
  

   differing 
  conditions 
  could 
  have 
  obtained 
  during 
  the 
  savage 
  infancy 
  

   of 
  our 
  race 
  in 
  Burmah, 
  greater 
  than 
  existed 
  between 
  India 
  and 
  Europe; 
  

   yet 
  directly 
  we 
  cross 
  from 
  India, 
  properly 
  so 
  called, 
  to 
  the 
  countries 
  

   lying 
  to 
  the 
  eastward 
  of 
  the 
  Bay 
  of 
  Bengal, 
  we 
  find 
  stone 
  implements 
  

   no 
  less 
  abundant 
  than 
  elsewhere, 
  but 
  of 
  an 
  entirely 
  different 
  type. 
  We 
  

   no 
  longer 
  find 
  the 
  familiar 
  Indo-European 
  type 
  either 
  palaeolithic 
  or 
  

   neolithic, 
  but 
  one 
  seemingly 
  autochthonous 
  to 
  the 
  Malayan 
  countries, 
  and 
  

   both 
  in 
  size, 
  shape, 
  and 
  design 
  displaying 
  considerable 
  divergence 
  from 
  

   any 
  of 
  the 
  ordinary 
  types 
  of 
  weapons 
  found 
  elsewhere. 
  

  

  The 
  main 
  points 
  of 
  divergence 
  are 
  — 
  1st, 
  the 
  frequency 
  of 
  forms 
  

   possessing 
  f 
  shoulders/ 
  a 
  peculiarity 
  quite 
  confined 
  to 
  articles 
  from 
  the 
  

   Burmese 
  or 
  Malayan 
  area 
  ; 
  2nd, 
  the 
  cutting 
  edge 
  being 
  usually 
  formed 
  

   by 
  grinding 
  down 
  on 
  one 
  side, 
  as 
  a 
  chisel 
  and 
  not 
  as 
  an 
  axe; 
  2>rd, 
  by 
  

   the 
  general 
  small 
  size 
  and 
  seeming 
  inefficiency 
  for 
  any 
  rough 
  purpose, 
  

   though, 
  it 
  must 
  be 
  remarked, 
  that 
  very 
  small 
  and 
  well 
  fashioned 
  weapons 
  

   are 
  also 
  found 
  in 
  India. 
  A 
  reference 
  to 
  the 
  following 
  Plates 
  will 
  give 
  

   a 
  better 
  idea, 
  at 
  a 
  glance, 
  of 
  these 
  several 
  characters 
  than 
  mere 
  words 
  can 
  

   convey; 
  so 
  I 
  shall 
  merely 
  add 
  brief 
  notes 
  on 
  the 
  most 
  remarkable 
  

   specimens 
  figured. 
  

  

  Plate 
  III, 
  fig. 
  1, 
  represents 
  one 
  of 
  the 
  largest 
  Burmese 
  celts 
  I 
  have 
  

   seen, 
  which 
  was 
  picked 
  up 
  in 
  my 
  presence 
  in 
  the 
  bed 
  of 
  a 
  stream 
  falling 
  

  

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