1870.] Proceedings of tli e Asiatic Society. 221 



axe). It differs, however, from most Birmese celts which have come 

 under my observation, in wanting the shoulders generally present, 

 and in being made of a somewhat unusual material, a hard tough 

 argillaceous sandstone, almost conglomeratic in structure. The Celt 

 was picked up in the bed of a stream in my presence some 35 miles 

 N. W. of Prome, and a'very similar rock to that of which it is fa- 

 shioned, is met with in the neighbourhood. 

 Its extreme length is 7f inches. 

 Width at top, 2 „ 



,, at bottom, 4% ,, (making a little allowance 



for rolled corners). Average thickness a trifle over 1 inch. 



The form of this Celt, that is, the absence of shoulders, and its 

 great size and weight, incline me to think that it was used in the 

 hand and not fixed in any handle, as was almost certainly the case 

 with the smaller ones. 



The only other Birmese Celt approaching this in size was one 

 purchased by me in the Prome District some years ago. It was of 

 basalt, well smoothed, much longer and narrower than the present 

 one, and with the cutting edge ground into a curved not a straight 

 line. It was figured in the Plate of stone weapons from Birmah, Pro- 

 ceeding, A. S. July, 1869, PL III. fig. 1-1 a, and is precisely similar 

 in general proportions and type to a celt in the Christy collection, 

 labelled " from Sumatra." 



The following table will exhibit the contrast between the pre- 

 sent Celt and the ordinary forms met with in Birmah The Celts 

 themselves can be seen and studied in the Geological Museum, 

 where they are now displayed in connexion with a fine series from 

 India. 



Length. Top . Bottom. 



No. 1. 7f 2 4i 



2. 3| 



3. 2| 1 



4. 2i I 



Z-4 



2* 



S x 8 



5. 11 i If 



6. 4 1 1| 



Weight. 



ft). 



oz. 



2 



11* 







4| 







21 







2f 







Of 







n 



