Bi,o 3 5. 

 Small Sandstone Pounder. Size, 3 x 1 § inches. 



131,036 to Bi,o38. 

 Implements formed of Schist. Somewhat like celts ; intended 

 to be used by grasping in the hand. Perhaps spurious. 



B'1,039. 



A Hammer or Pounder, with a shallow transverse groove, as 

 if for using with a thong. Size, 7x3^ inches. 



Bi,o4o. 

 A dumb-bell-shaped instrument of gneiss rock ; perhaps a 

 Sinker. 1 2 inches long. May not be genuine. 



135 to 138. 

 Perforated Hammer-stones {Tilhuggersteene) ; circular or oval 

 in outline. 136 is deeply countersunk on each side, but is not 

 quite perforated : — Diameter, z\ to 3J inches. 



Bi,04i to Bi,o88. 

 Hammer-stones {Tilhuggersteene), made of various kinds of 

 stone, and more or less oval or ovoid in form. Many of the 

 specimens are perforated for shafting ; others are imperforate, 

 but have deep hollows on each face ; while many, especially the 

 large hammers, show only comparatively slight concavities. 

 The latter are well represented by Plates 13 A, and Plate 23A 

 of "Reliquiae Aquitanicse." Size, from 2x1^ inches to 6 x 4 

 inches. 



Querns. — Previous to the construction of the modern corn- 

 mills, the grain was made into meal by means of hand-mills, 

 designated querns. The simplest and most ancient form is 

 the saddle-quern, like B1089, which consists of two pieces — a 

 large flat slab, somewhat concave on the upper surface, and a 

 smaller crushing-stone, which is plano-convex. The grain, 

 being placed on the lower stone, is reduced to meal by means of 

 the rubber. The ordinary and more modern querns have the 

 top stone, or rider, rotated upon the lower by means of a handle, 

 and the pot-quern has the lower stone deeply hollowed out, so 



