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presented, would have been liable to fly out of the handle, an accident 

 which the position of the bands of the specimens found in the barrow is 

 better calculated to prevent. In Plate XXXII, Fig. 1, " Fergusson's 

 Tree and Serpent Worship" will be found a representation of a bas-relief 

 on the eastern gateway at Sanchi described by Mr. Fergusson as follows : 

 " In itself it (the bas-relief) represents a family of Dasyus following their 

 usual avocation. On the right hand, two men are splitting wood with 

 hatchets, and what is more remarkable is, that the heads of their axes are 

 tied on to the shafts as if they were of stone. Yet in the same bas-relief 

 we have the tongs or ladles which certainly are of metal ; and we can hard- 

 ly understand a people who could make metal femurs using stone hatchets." 



It is probable then, that the carving on the Sanchi Tope is intended to 

 represent a metal hatchet such as that discovered in the barrow and 

 marked No. 5. And it suggests itself that the tumuli at Junapani 

 are the remains of an aboriginal tribe, whose presence on the Sanchi 

 sculptures, in contradistinction to the followers of Buddha, is distinctly 

 traced by Mr. Fergusson. The significance of this point will be noticed 

 more in detail later. 



No. 6. A spear-head, much corroded, which was dug up by me from a 

 Junapani barrow. The large axe, with one band, above alluded to, was 

 found by its side ; and, as in every instance, broken pottery in large 

 quantities was dug up. Length 8-| inches. 



No. 7. Six bangles or bracelets, found by Mr. Henry Dangerfield in a 

 barrow adjacent to that in which the axe was discovered. They are gradu- 

 ated in size, and weigh from 5| oz. to 3f oz., the whole set weighing 1 lb. 

 10 oz. 



The metal of which they are composed is apparently copper. A rough 

 analysis that has already been made shows that copper is the principal in- 

 gredient, but points to the presence of alloy which is neither zinc nor tin, 

 but which is believed to be gold or silver, possibly both. The bangles are 

 thickly covered with a coating, in which the verdigris of the copper is ap- 

 parent. But, with it, is a further substance which may be either an artifi- 

 cial varnish, or one supplied by organic matter and the discolouration of 

 the metal during the many years the bangles must have been buried; 



An interesting circumstance connected with these bangles is the pecu- 

 liar ornamentation on one end of each of the specimens. The coating of 

 verdigris and varnish, above alluded to, is so thick, that, at first, the mark- 

 ings might escape notice. But a more careful inspection and the removal 

 of the coating of verdigris shew a series of notches or punched or filed 

 lines, resembling exactl} T the " herring-bone" ornamentation found on the 

 Irish remains, which is described and figured at page 389 of Sir W. 



