8 J. H. Rivett-Carnac—Prehistoric Remains [No. 1, 
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 Sauchi 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 83 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 3} oz., the whole set weighing 1 fb. 
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 zine 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. Buta more careful inspection and the removal 
of the coating of verdigris shew a series of notches or punched or filed 
lines, resembling exactly the “ herring-bone” ornamentation found on the 
Irish remains, which is described and figured at page 389 of Sir W. 
