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18. — Tomahawk. Fairfield, as above. 



Of spotted altered claystone ; this is a pebble ground down 

 at one end ; the cutting edge is almost obliterated. Weight 

 1 ft>. 7 ozs. Dimensions 4-jV' x 8§" x If". 

 19. — Tomahawk. Fairfield, as above. 



Of spotted altered claystone. A flat pebble ground to an 

 edge, much weathered ; the weathered skin is about -J" deep. 

 Weight 1 lb. 41 ozs. Dimensions 5" x 31" x 11". {Plate 17.) 

 20. — Tomahawk. Fairfield, as above. 



Of spotted altered claystone. This was evidently a rounded 

 pebble which has been split in half longitudinally. Much 

 weathered, the original structure of the rock is shown by the 

 chip from the upper left hand corner. Weight 11 ozs. 

 Dimensions 41" x 3tV" x |". 

 21. — Tomahawk. Long Bay, near Sydney, N. S. Wales. 



Of weathered spotted altered claystone ; with finger and 

 thumb pits ; the cutting edge in fairly good order but pitted 

 from weathering. Weight 14f ozs. Dimensions 4- x V' X 

 3-,V x 1". 



22. — Tomahawk. Uralla, New England District, N. S. Wales. 



Of black indurated claystone. An unusual form, being 



elliptical in section and much more symmetrical and highly 



finished than is usual with the New South Wales aboriginal 



implements. Weight 1 lb. 8f ozs. Dimensions 5|" x 2|" 



x 21". {Plate 15.) 



23. — Tomahawk. Metung, Gippsland Lakes, Victoria. 



Of mica schist ; cutting edge much blunted and weathered. 

 Weight lib. 1J ozs. Dimensions 61V x 2^" x l^V'. {Plate 21.) 



24, — Mounted Tomahawk. From Queensland near the borders 



of N. S. Wales. 



Of diorite; this is mounted in the original vine handle but 



without gum or resin, the vine is cut away as usual, to a flat 



surface inside, i.e., next to the stone head. This example is 



very much like a modern steel tomahawk in form ; the 



