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Thej include a smith's pincers (fig. 7, E. 2393), smith's tongs (fig. 7, R 2392), 

 sickle (fig. 7, E. 2367), the upper portion of pair of shears, the blades of 

 which are wanting : otherwise they are similar to those figures by Eygh, 

 No. 442rt ; hammer-heads: one is illustrated (fig. 7), portion of a bridle- 

 bit, knife-blades, spear-butt, spindle-whorls, and an iron stud, with other 

 small pieces of iron which appear to have formed portions uf other tools. It 

 is interesting to notice how little the type of many of these tools has altered 

 down to the present time. 



At the railway cutting at Kilmauiham, forty iron tools and pieces of iron 

 are described as having been found at different times. They consist prin- 

 cipally of knife-blades, two of which are illustrated (Wk. 2 and Wk. 3, fig. 7). 



B. 2367. 



Wk. 3. 



R. 2303. 



Wk. J. 



Wk. 33. 



K. iSil'i. 

 Fio. :.— Toolt (i). 



Wo now come to a description of the objects connected with the trading 

 aide of the Vikings' life. 



Two scales were found at Island-bridge and two at Kilmainham. 



The cross-beams of three of these scales are 

 jointed, enabling the scales to be closed and 

 conveniently carried about (fig. 8]. The 

 scales found at Island-bridge were fully de- 

 scribed by Sir William Wilde, and our 

 figure will show the form ; the inside of the 

 scale-pans (six) are brightly tinned The 

 weights found at Island-bridge are ten in 

 number. Six are circular; and the rim of 

 each is capped with a decorated disc let into 

 it, and weighted below with lead, probably 

 according to the number of grains or ounces 

 it represented. Five are illustrated by Sir 



1^10. s Scale.. R. :i39!) y^,. William Wilde, which are reproducetl here 



