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  APPENDIX. 
  

  

  of 
  jade, 
  are 
  open 
  to 
  grave 
  question 
  on 
  the 
  score 
  of 
  genuineness 
  (in 
  my 
  

   opinion) 
  , 
  though 
  probably 
  manufactured 
  for 
  sale 
  from 
  an 
  authentic 
  model. 
  

  

  The 
  material 
  of 
  which 
  these 
  implements 
  are 
  generally 
  made, 
  is 
  

   some 
  hard 
  subschistose 
  rock 
  or 
  fine-grained 
  slate; 
  none 
  of 
  them 
  of 
  the 
  

   hard 
  green-stone 
  so 
  commonly 
  used 
  for 
  the 
  purpose 
  in 
  India. 
  

  

  Plate 
  VII, 
  fig. 
  1, 
  represents 
  a 
  remarkable 
  article 
  procured 
  by 
  

   Captain 
  Fryer 
  either 
  in 
  Sandoway 
  or 
  Tavoy. 
  Its 
  use 
  is 
  not 
  at 
  first 
  

   sight 
  very 
  obvious, 
  but 
  it 
  is, 
  in 
  my 
  opinion, 
  an 
  armlet 
  or 
  bangle, 
  

   and 
  the 
  weight 
  and 
  incumbrance 
  of 
  such 
  an 
  ornament 
  in 
  stone 
  is 
  by 
  

   no 
  means 
  greater 
  than 
  is 
  often 
  borne 
  with 
  by 
  the 
  fortunate 
  possessors 
  

   of 
  massive 
  brass 
  bangles, 
  or, 
  in 
  some 
  cases, 
  solid 
  rods 
  of 
  tin 
  coiled 
  round 
  

   the 
  arm 
  like 
  a 
  bandage, 
  as 
  with 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  Karenni 
  tribes. 
  

  

  With 
  regard 
  to 
  the 
  probable 
  uses 
  to 
  which 
  the 
  different 
  sizes 
  and 
  

   sorts 
  of 
  celts 
  were 
  put, 
  much 
  uncertainty 
  must 
  exist, 
  as 
  the 
  very 
  tradition 
  

   of 
  the 
  tribes 
  who 
  made 
  them 
  has 
  vanished 
  from 
  the 
  existing- 
  population 
  

   of 
  the 
  country 
  where 
  they 
  are 
  found. 
  Some 
  of 
  the 
  implements 
  of 
  

   middle 
  size 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  used 
  in 
  the 
  chase, 
  or 
  perhaps 
  in 
  the 
  form 
  

   of 
  a 
  rough 
  tomahawk 
  ; 
  for 
  many 
  of 
  them, 
  if 
  fixed 
  in 
  a 
  stout 
  handle 
  

   and 
  wielded 
  by 
  a 
  powerful 
  arm, 
  would 
  suffice 
  to 
  fell 
  either 
  a 
  man 
  or 
  

   an 
  animal 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  a 
  deer 
  or 
  hog. 
  The 
  larger 
  ones 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  

   so 
  used 
  also, 
  or 
  they 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  used 
  to 
  excavate 
  the 
  stem 
  of 
  a 
  tree 
  

   after 
  the 
  wood 
  had 
  been 
  rendered 
  friable 
  by 
  charring; 
  a 
  process 
  which, 
  

   if 
  repeated 
  several 
  times, 
  would 
  explain 
  how, 
  with 
  no 
  other 
  than 
  such 
  

   blunt 
  tools, 
  primeval 
  man 
  was 
  able 
  to 
  fashion 
  canoes 
  of 
  large 
  trees 
  — 
  a 
  

   matter 
  of 
  infinite 
  labor 
  at 
  the 
  present 
  day, 
  with 
  steel 
  tools 
  in 
  possession, 
  

   and 
  wherein 
  the 
  Burmese 
  excel, 
  though 
  not 
  so 
  much 
  as 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  

   savages 
  of 
  Oceania. 
  The 
  small 
  implements 
  were 
  probably 
  fitted 
  length- 
  

   wise 
  into 
  a 
  handle 
  and 
  used 
  as 
  a 
  spud 
  for 
  digging 
  holes 
  in 
  the 
  earth 
  

   for 
  rice 
  or 
  other 
  seeds, 
  as 
  is 
  to 
  this 
  day 
  practised 
  by 
  the 
  Karens 
  in 
  the 
  

   hills, 
  a 
  small 
  iron 
  wedge 
  being 
  substituted 
  in 
  place 
  of 
  a 
  stone 
  one 
  at 
  

   the 
  end 
  of 
  a 
  short 
  bamboo 
  handle. 
  For 
  this 
  cultivation, 
  however, 
  on 
  

   the 
  hills, 
  it 
  is 
  necessary 
  to 
  clear 
  the 
  forest, 
  and 
  this 
  would 
  seem 
  to 
  be 
  

  

  ( 
  o5S 
  ) 
  

  

  