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BRONZE CELTS. 



for chisels, hoes, war-axes, and a variety of other pur- 

 no. 7. FIG. s. poses. Similar imple- 

 ments, but made of iron 

 instead of bronze, are 

 even now employed in 

 Siberia and some parts 

 of Africa.* More than 

 two thousand are known 

 to exist in the different 

 Irish collections, of which 

 the great Museum belong- 

 ing to the Royal Irish 

 Academy at Dublin con- 



Fio. 10. FIG. 11. FIG. 12. 



Copper ? Celt from 

 Ireland. 



Celt-mould from Ireland. 



FIG. 9. 



Decorated Celt from Ireland. Danish Celts. 



tained in the year 1860 no less than six hundred and eighty- 

 * Horse ferales, p. 77. 



