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appears originally to have been an oblong piece, on which the 

 simple but tasteful design has been wrought out. There is a 

 larger central rounded square, with a large perforation ; to which 

 are attached laterally, two at each end, two half -berry like knobs ; 

 the outline of the whole being sub-oval. There are two deep 

 grooves separating the protuberances at the ends from the central 

 portion ; and a still deeper notch divides each of the knobs. 

 These grooves run continuously on both faces of the article ; so 

 that it might occasionally be attached to the dress by strings, 

 although, no doubt, the perforation was the main fastener. Some 

 rude lines in these grooves, shew the marks of the formative in- 

 strument, perhaps a flint. Although finely polished all over, the 

 original scratches of the stone (?) with which it has been 

 rubbed are still apparent. The interior of the central hole has 

 not been fully smoothed off. The perforation appears to have 

 been made from two opposite sides ; the two openings are 

 widest. The jet is now cracking into horizontal parallel layers, 

 which are sub-divided into squares by other cracks at right 

 angles. Length, 2J; breadth, If; diameter of the perforation, 

 1 ; thickness, |- inches. Had it remained entire this would have 

 been a valuable object. It was found in April, 1877, near some 

 camps on Cockburn Law, Berwickshire ; it is not said whether or 

 not, they are those surrounding Edin's Hold or Hall. Mr Eobt. 

 Eenton is its present owner. It was entire when picked up, but 

 the finder, with great stupidity, broke it into five pieces, to ascer- 

 tain of what it was composed. It has been glued together, but 

 several chips are wanting. The Rev. Canon Greenwell assures 

 me that this form of dress ornament has not occurred to him, 

 during his many investigations into prehistoric interments. 



Fig. 3. Of this peculiar-shaped imperforated Stone-Axe, I do 

 not find an engraved example. It is of a darkish gray mountain 

 limestone, is flat, has the thinness of an axe, and has been ground 

 all over. At the butt end there are two ears to aid in retaining 

 it in its haft, and there is a shallow notch, as if for ornament, 

 equidistant from the tip of each ear. Beyond the narrow por- 

 tion, which would be occupied by the haft, the blade expands to 

 nearly a broad semicircle, but one of the sides bulges more than 

 the other. The flat faces have been carefully sloped to an edge. 

 Length, 6 ; greatest breadth, 4 ; breadth at the ears, 2£ ; at the 

 neck, 2 ; thickness, f inches. Weight, lib. 3oz. From Linton 



