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  TWENTY-FIRST 
  REPORT 
  ON 
  THE 
  STATE 
  CABINET. 
  

  

  greatest 
  width 
  and 
  nearly 
  3 
  inches 
  thick. 
  The 
  groove 
  is 
  | 
  of 
  an 
  

   inch 
  wide 
  and 
  nearly 
  J 
  of 
  an 
  inch 
  deep, 
  and 
  carried 
  around 
  the 
  

   stone, 
  with 
  the 
  exception 
  of 
  an 
  inch 
  or 
  less 
  on 
  the 
  handle 
  side. 
  It 
  

   is 
  a 
  tough 
  stone, 
  apparently 
  hornblende, 
  and 
  weighs 
  6| 
  pounds. 
  

   The 
  handle, 
  which, 
  including 
  the 
  portion 
  fitted 
  to 
  the 
  groove, 
  is 
  

   18 
  inches 
  long, 
  is 
  made 
  of 
  an 
  ash 
  sapling 
  split 
  in 
  the 
  centre 
  and 
  

   rounded 
  on 
  the 
  inner 
  side 
  to 
  fit 
  and 
  fill 
  the 
  groove. 
  After 
  passing 
  

   round 
  the 
  stone 
  the 
  ends 
  are 
  brought 
  together 
  and 
  bound 
  from 
  the 
  

   extremity 
  up 
  to 
  the 
  stone, 
  with 
  a 
  rawhide 
  band, 
  cut 
  in 
  a 
  strip 
  nearly 
  

   an 
  inch 
  wide. 
  As 
  thus 
  adjusted 
  and 
  secured, 
  the 
  stone 
  is 
  firmly 
  

   held, 
  and 
  can 
  be 
  made 
  to 
  deliver 
  a 
  heavy 
  blow 
  without 
  breaking 
  

   the 
  handle. 
  The 
  hammer 
  face 
  has 
  apparently 
  been 
  worn 
  up 
  about 
  

   2 
  J 
  inches 
  by 
  use. 
  Such, 
  at 
  least, 
  is 
  the 
  case 
  if 
  the 
  stone 
  was 
  sym- 
  

   metrical 
  originally. 
  Stones 
  of 
  this 
  kind 
  do 
  not 
  chip 
  or 
  fracture 
  

   under 
  blows, 
  but 
  pulverize 
  on 
  the 
  face, 
  and 
  thus 
  wear 
  down 
  gradu- 
  

   ally. 
  Those 
  used 
  for 
  mauls 
  and 
  hammers 
  appear 
  to 
  have 
  been 
  

   specially 
  selected 
  with 
  reference 
  to 
  this 
  quality. 
  In 
  Plate 
  I, 
  Fig. 
  

   2, 
  A, 
  the 
  face 
  of 
  this 
  hammer 
  is 
  shown. 
  

  

  Stone 
  Maul-—¥\. 
  I, 
  Fig. 
  3.— 
  This 
  stone 
  has 
  been 
  much 
  worn 
  by 
  

   use. 
  The 
  groove 
  is 
  now 
  below 
  the 
  centre. 
  At 
  least 
  an 
  inch 
  and 
  

   a 
  half 
  of 
  the 
  hammer 
  face 
  has 
  been 
  worn 
  away, 
  which 
  is 
  the 
  best 
  

   evidence, 
  either 
  of 
  the 
  long 
  period 
  of 
  time 
  during 
  which 
  it 
  was 
  

   used, 
  or 
  of 
  the 
  great 
  amount 
  of 
  service 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  required 
  to 
  

   perform. 
  The 
  groove 
  is 
  not 
  carried 
  entirely 
  around 
  the 
  stone, 
  

   but 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  slight 
  concavity 
  on 
  the 
  handle 
  side. 
  

  

  Stone 
  Hammer. 
  — 
  -The 
  most 
  interesting 
  specimen 
  in 
  the 
  series 
  of 
  

   stone 
  implements, 
  is 
  the 
  stone 
  hammer, 
  represented 
  in 
  Plate 
  II, 
  

   Fig. 
  4 
  ; 
  since 
  it 
  exhibits 
  an 
  improved 
  method 
  of 
  securing 
  the 
  

   handle. 
  The 
  stone 
  is 
  a 
  granite 
  pebble 
  from 
  the 
  drift, 
  as 
  those 
  

   previously 
  described, 
  in 
  which 
  felspar, 
  appears 
  to 
  predominate. 
  

   In 
  length, 
  it 
  is 
  4i 
  inches, 
  breadth 
  3 
  J 
  inches, 
  and 
  in 
  thickness 
  2i 
  

   inches. 
  With 
  the 
  handle, 
  it 
  weighs 
  2| 
  pounds, 
  and 
  is 
  about 
  the 
  

   standard 
  size 
  and 
  weight 
  of 
  a 
  serviceable 
  stone 
  hammer. 
  A. 
  

   withe 
  handle 
  sixteen 
  inches 
  long 
  was 
  first 
  adjusted 
  in 
  the 
  groove, 
  

   and 
  the 
  ends 
  secured 
  by 
  a 
  rawhide 
  string 
  next 
  to 
  the 
  stone. 
  

   Over 
  this 
  a 
  covering 
  or 
  case 
  of 
  buffalo 
  rawhide 
  was 
  stretched 
  and 
  

   adjusted, 
  consisting 
  of 
  a 
  single 
  piece. 
  It 
  was 
  first 
  fitted 
  around 
  

   the 
  handle, 
  commencing 
  at 
  the 
  small 
  end, 
  and 
  sewed 
  up 
  tight 
  

   with 
  thread 
  of 
  sinew, 
  after 
  which 
  it 
  was 
  drawn 
  closely 
  around 
  

   the 
  stone, 
  covering 
  the 
  whole- 
  of 
  it, 
  except 
  the 
  hammer 
  face, 
  

  

  