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taken the place of bone, hardened wood, and possibly flint as the 

 material for arrow-tips, — so fragments of glass have superseded flint 

 razors and lancets." 



Mr. King said, with reference to the supposed uses of these imple- 

 ments, that he was strongly inclined to consider, that they had been 

 to a large extent used in the hand. They are easily held in this way : 

 injury to a fellow creature might be easily brought about by a good 

 blow from such a hand weapon : and the hewing of wood, grubbing up 

 of roots, and the scraping of skins were savage practices which might 

 be easily, though slowly, done by manual labour, assisted with one of 

 these oval, or axe-headed implements. 



Dr. Anderson then exhibited four deer horns and three skulls received 

 from Colonel Dalton, and directed the attention of the meeting to the 

 fact of the sutures of one of the skulls being almost entirely obliterated. 



" Mr. Ball said — I have to regret that I was not before aware of Dr. 

 Anderson's intention of exhibiting this skull this evening, as I possess a 

 somewhat similar one, which I picked up at Searsole near Ranigunj in 

 November last. It was found in a field where lay the bones of hundreds 

 of victims to the famine, so that it is impossible to say with certainty 

 to what race or caste its owner belonged, but the presumption is in 

 favour of his having been either a Bhowrie or a Sonthal. This, however, 

 is a matter of not much importance, as so abnormal a specimen could 

 never be regarded as an ethnological type. Since it was picked up, 

 ten months ago, I have not seen it, but as far as my recollection serves 

 me, it had most of the principal sutures either partiall}' or totally an- 

 chylosed. Besides which, it had a strongly marked ridge over the eyes. 

 I shall take the first opportunity which may occur of exhibiting it 

 to the Society." 



The following communication has been received from Mr. Ball. 



" The discovery of stone implements having proceeded so far in India, 

 it has been thought desirable to tabulate the principal facts which 

 have been published on the subject, with the twofold object of facili- 

 tating future reference, and of shewing in one view how extensively 

 these remains are distributed, not only in India itself, but also in some 

 of the Islands of the Indian Ocean. 



" The implements are divided into the three following classes. 



A, Cores and flakes of agate, flint, &c. 



B, Chipped axes, &c, chiefly of quartzite. 



C, Polished ' celts' of Trap, Chert, Jade, &c. 



