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  TWENTY-FIRST 
  REPORT 
  ON 
  THE 
  STATE 
  CABINET. 
  

  

  The 
  stone 
  is 
  still 
  within 
  its 
  handle 
  of 
  withe, 
  adjusted 
  and 
  secured 
  

   in 
  the 
  usual 
  manner. 
  About 
  an 
  inch 
  of 
  the 
  hammer 
  face 
  has 
  been 
  

   worn 
  down 
  by 
  use, 
  and 
  the 
  superior 
  quality 
  of 
  the 
  stone, 
  for 
  a 
  

   hammer, 
  is 
  shown 
  by 
  the 
  smoothness 
  of 
  the 
  hammer 
  face, 
  as 
  worn 
  

   by 
  pulverization. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  fine 
  specimen. 
  In 
  Plate 
  V, 
  Fig. 
  6, 
  A, 
  

   the 
  face 
  is 
  shown. 
  

  

  Stone 
  Hammer 
  — 
  Fig. 
  7, 
  PL 
  III. 
  — 
  This 
  implement 
  shows 
  more 
  

   wear 
  than 
  any 
  other 
  in 
  the 
  series 
  ; 
  it 
  having 
  literally 
  been 
  worn 
  

   out 
  on 
  one 
  end, 
  and 
  then 
  turned 
  and 
  nearly 
  worn 
  up 
  on 
  the 
  reverse 
  

   end. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  granite 
  pebble. 
  It 
  is 
  3| 
  inches 
  long, 
  3| 
  inches 
  broad, 
  

   3 
  inches 
  thick 
  and 
  w 
  T 
  eighs 
  two 
  pounds 
  five 
  ounces. 
  Originally 
  it 
  

   must 
  have 
  been 
  at 
  least 
  five 
  and 
  a 
  half 
  inches 
  in 
  length. 
  The 
  

   groove 
  was 
  evidently 
  interrupted 
  on 
  the 
  handle 
  side, 
  and 
  after- 
  

   wards 
  completed 
  by 
  a 
  slight 
  grooving 
  of 
  the 
  remaining 
  space. 
  It 
  

   will 
  also 
  be 
  noticed 
  that 
  the 
  two 
  hammer 
  faces 
  are 
  not 
  parallel, 
  

   which 
  divergence 
  may 
  have 
  been 
  produced 
  by 
  reversing 
  the 
  han- 
  

   dle. 
  The 
  original 
  hammer 
  face 
  was 
  that 
  nearest 
  the 
  groove 
  ; 
  and 
  

   the 
  reverse 
  end, 
  which 
  is 
  blackened 
  with 
  charcoal, 
  apparently 
  by 
  

   breaking 
  up 
  partially 
  burnt 
  fire-wood, 
  was, 
  probably, 
  the 
  one 
  last 
  

   used. 
  

  

  Stone 
  Hammer 
  — 
  Fig. 
  8, 
  PL 
  III. 
  — 
  We 
  have, 
  in 
  this 
  specimen, 
  a 
  

   very 
  smoothly 
  worn 
  granite 
  pebble, 
  4| 
  inches 
  long, 
  3| 
  inches 
  broad, 
  

   2| 
  inches 
  thick, 
  and 
  weighing 
  two 
  pounds. 
  The 
  groove 
  is 
  shallow 
  

   and 
  interrupted 
  on 
  the 
  handle 
  side, 
  for 
  the 
  space 
  of 
  half 
  an 
  inch. 
  

   It 
  shows 
  but 
  little 
  use, 
  the 
  hammer 
  face 
  being: 
  still 
  convex, 
  

   although 
  worn 
  clown 
  about 
  a 
  quarter 
  of 
  an 
  inch; 
  but 
  a 
  roughened 
  

   and 
  battered 
  surface, 
  If 
  inch 
  by 
  1| 
  inch 
  in 
  diameter, 
  shows 
  dis- 
  

   tinctly 
  its 
  use 
  as 
  a 
  hammer. 
  In 
  the 
  figure 
  the 
  ends 
  are 
  reversed. 
  

  

  Stone 
  Hammer 
  — 
  Fig. 
  9, 
  PL 
  III. 
  — 
  This 
  hammer 
  is 
  noticeable 
  for 
  

   the 
  great 
  amount 
  of 
  service 
  it 
  has 
  evidently 
  performed. 
  It 
  is 
  

   worn 
  up 
  nearly 
  to 
  the 
  groove, 
  on 
  the 
  original 
  hammer 
  face, 
  and 
  

   for 
  nearly 
  an 
  inch 
  on 
  the 
  reverse 
  end. 
  In 
  another 
  respect, 
  it 
  differs 
  

   also 
  from 
  those 
  previously 
  described, 
  in 
  that 
  the 
  groove 
  is 
  carried, 
  

   at 
  equal 
  depth, 
  entirely 
  round 
  the 
  stone. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  granite 
  pebble, 
  

   3J 
  inches 
  in 
  length, 
  3J 
  inches 
  in 
  breadth, 
  and 
  2J 
  inches 
  in 
  thick- 
  

   ness 
  in 
  its 
  greatest 
  dimensions. 
  Originally 
  it 
  was 
  at 
  least 
  five 
  

   inches 
  long, 
  with 
  the 
  groove 
  above 
  the 
  centre. 
  As 
  each 
  end 
  has 
  

   been 
  used 
  alternately, 
  as 
  the 
  hammer 
  face, 
  it 
  seems 
  probable, 
  from 
  

   the 
  completion 
  of 
  the 
  groove, 
  that 
  it 
  has 
  been 
  re-handled 
  upon 
  the 
  

  

  