Vol. I, No. 8.] The People of Mungeli Tahsil. © 201 
[N. S.] 
One stone has undoubtedly been arrested in the process of manu- 
facture. Theoutward form is complete and it has not been rubbed 
in any way for medicinal purposes. The hole in the centre, how- 
ever, is only half bored. This hole was evidently made by strik- 
ing in some sharp-pointed implement. It certainly does not show 
signs of the rotatory action of a horn or bone implement. One or 
two of the stones in my collection were said to have been found 
in fields near the site of an old village. Others have been heirlooms . 
in families for many generations. One mantold me he owned a 
“heaven stone,” but his house was washed away in a flood and the 
stone disappeared. The people are very reluctant to make known 
the fact that they own the stones; and they seem very reluctant 
to part with them. 
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