140 J. Cockburn—Notes on Stone Implements. [No. 3, 
Tuble giving Weights and Dimensions of Celts from Banda. 
that REMARKS. 
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1 10°45 | 4:20) 6 | 2 | This magnificent specimen was found by my brother 
W. B. Cockburn, in the village of Lohra, Pargana 
Darsenda. I believe it is the finest polished celt 
of this type found in India. Material Diorite. 
(Plate XVI, fig. G.) 
2 666 | 2°70 | 1] 5 | Found in a ruined temple 5 miles from Hatwah, Do. 
3 4°50 | 2°75 | 1 | 4% | Of a peculiar massive type. Do. 
4 5'41 | 3°75 | 1 | 4% | Chipped fragment of heart-shaped type made of fine- 
grained trap. Two of tho most highly finished 
specimens I have yet seen from Banda were of 
this type. I gave them to a brother antiquary 
and regret not having preserved drawings of them. 
5 (D)| 4:12 | 2°90 11 | Of fine-grained black trap. Found on mud altar with 
stone hammer. 
6 4°25 | 2°86 9 | Of intermediate size. Diorite. 
7 (E)| 3°50 | 2°25 63 | Found on mud altar with stone hammer. Diorite. 
8 4°85 | 2°20 114 | ) Of long narrow type, very close to those from Vellore. 
9 4°50 | 2:25 8 \ Material Diorite. 
Hi ah sre 38 Of smallest type. Diorite. 
12 5°80 | 3:70 10 | Flat celt 75” thick of indurated shale. This isa 
very interesting and instructive specimen. 
13 4°30 | 2: 6+ | Elongated chipped fragment of fine-grained trap 
exhibiting a remarkably goodedge. Possibly used 
in the hand in flaying, very much as an anatomist 
uses the end of his scalpel more for detaching than 
cutting. (Plate XVI, fig. H.) 
14 8°25 | 2:18 Pear-shaped implement of sandstone bearing evidences 
of haying been subjected to heat. Interesting 
as being the first implement of this material from 
Banda. 
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The above specimens, with a series of 20 more, chiefly duplicates of 
these types, are in the Geological Museum, Calcutta. A and B (Plate 
XIV), from Shillong, are in the Indian Museum, as is also a remarkable 
specimen of stone hammer, which requires a detailed description. 
This stone hammer (Plate XIV, fig. C) was picked out by me in 
February, 1878, off a mud platform, or altar, four feet high, built at the 
angle formed by two mud huts, three miles south of the village of Hatwah 
in the District of Banda. There were quite a heap of stones on this plat- 
form, most of them water-worn pebbles, and two celts (5 and 7, of Table). 
There is no specimen of this type of hammer, or more correctly oval tool- 
stone, in the Geological Museum, and, as I can find no mention of a similar 
specimen in Mr, Ball’s tabulated list of stone implements, I believe it is the 
first specimen of its kind found in this country. Similar implements have, 
