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  into 
  the 
  Than-ni 
  Choung, 
  a 
  little 
  South 
  of 
  Nattoung 
  hill 
  in 
  Western 
  

   Prome. 
  It 
  is 
  roughly 
  fashioned 
  out 
  of 
  a 
  coarse 
  compact 
  sandstone, 
  and, 
  

   as 
  is 
  the 
  case 
  with 
  several 
  of 
  the 
  other 
  implements, 
  is 
  wrought 
  trans- 
  

   versely 
  to 
  the 
  natural 
  bedding 
  of 
  the 
  stone. 
  It 
  is 
  difficult 
  to 
  imagine 
  

   any 
  purpose 
  gained 
  thereby, 
  and 
  it 
  would 
  prima 
  facie 
  seem 
  as 
  if, 
  in 
  some 
  

   cases 
  at 
  all 
  events, 
  much 
  ingenuity 
  must 
  have 
  been 
  exerted 
  to 
  obtain 
  a 
  

   through 
  fracture 
  across 
  the 
  bedding 
  of 
  a 
  rock, 
  as, 
  for 
  example, 
  Plate 
  IX, 
  

   figs. 
  1 
  #. 
  b. 
  

  

  Plate 
  IV, 
  figs. 
  1 
  a. 
  b. 
  — 
  This 
  remarkable 
  implement, 
  figured 
  two- 
  

   thirds 
  of 
  natural 
  size, 
  was 
  procured 
  by 
  Captain 
  Fryer 
  in 
  the 
  Tavoy 
  district. 
  

   It 
  is 
  finely 
  smoothed 
  and 
  fashioned 
  out 
  of 
  a 
  very 
  fine-grained 
  slate, 
  

   and 
  is 
  the 
  largest 
  implement 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  from 
  Burmah, 
  and 
  of 
  rather 
  

   unusual 
  type. 
  Figs. 
  2 
  a. 
  b. 
  represent 
  a 
  smaller 
  article 
  of 
  the 
  same 
  type 
  

   and 
  material 
  procured 
  by 
  myself 
  in 
  Pegu, 
  where, 
  however, 
  this 
  type 
  is 
  

   rare. 
  

  

  A 
  third 
  type 
  of 
  large 
  or 
  medium 
  chisel-shaped 
  tool 
  is 
  exemplified 
  in 
  

   Plate 
  V", 
  figs. 
  1 
  a. 
  b. 
  and 
  3 
  a. 
  b., 
  Plate 
  VI, 
  figs. 
  1 
  a. 
  b., 
  Plate 
  VII, 
  

   fig. 
  2, 
  Plate 
  IX, 
  figs. 
  1 
  a. 
  b. 
  All 
  these 
  are 
  fairly 
  effective 
  weapons, 
  and 
  

   may 
  possibly 
  have 
  been 
  used 
  without 
  the 
  intervention 
  of 
  handles. 
  

  

  A 
  fourth 
  type, 
  usually 
  of 
  small 
  size, 
  is 
  that 
  of 
  a 
  shouldered 
  celt 
  

   or 
  chisel 
  ; 
  and 
  this 
  form 
  would 
  appear 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  always 
  fixed 
  in 
  a 
  

   handle. 
  To 
  this 
  type 
  belong 
  Plate 
  IV, 
  figs. 
  4 
  a. 
  b. 
  } 
  Plate 
  V, 
  fig. 
  2, 
  

   Plate 
  VI, 
  figs. 
  2 
  a. 
  b. 
  } 
  Plate 
  VIII, 
  figs. 
  2 
  a. 
  5. 
  and 
  3 
  a. 
  b. 
  A 
  modi- 
  

   fication 
  of 
  this 
  type 
  consists 
  in 
  the 
  less 
  prominence 
  and 
  squareness 
  of 
  

   the 
  shoulders 
  and 
  slight 
  corresponding 
  modification 
  of 
  the 
  general 
  out- 
  

   line, 
  as 
  on 
  Plate 
  IV, 
  figs. 
  3 
  a. 
  b. 
  } 
  Plate 
  VIII, 
  figs. 
  4 
  a. 
  b. 
  } 
  and 
  Plate 
  IX, 
  

   figs. 
  % 
  a. 
  b. 
  and 
  3 
  a. 
  b. 
  

  

  Another 
  type 
  without 
  shoulders 
  is 
  seen 
  in 
  Plate 
  VI, 
  figs. 
  3 
  a. 
  b. 
  s 
  

   and 
  Plate 
  IX, 
  figs. 
  3 
  a. 
  b. 
  

  

  Figs. 
  3 
  a. 
  b. 
  of 
  Plate 
  IX 
  approach 
  more 
  nearly 
  than 
  any 
  other 
  

   in 
  type 
  to 
  certain 
  Indian 
  forms 
  ; 
  and 
  weapons 
  of 
  this 
  shape, 
  manufactured 
  

   x 
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  ) 
  

  

  