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2. Also a human figure, shown in our fig. 4. 
Length, sixteen inches; width, seven inches 
and a half. 
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3. Figure of a bird, very similar to that rep- 
resented in fig. 6 of Mr. Holmes’s paper, but 
considerably larger, and varying slightly in de- 
tails. This is imperfect, as part of the head, 
and the outer margin of the wings, are wanting. 
Length, thirteen inches and a half; width, 
seven inches and a half. ‘This plate shows 
indubitable evidence of having been formed of 
smaller pieces welded together, as the over- 
lapping portions can be easily traced. It has 
also undergone repairs : a fracture commencing 
on the left margin, and running irregularly half- 
way across the body, has been mended by pla- 
cing a strip of copper along it on the under 
side, and riveting it to the main plate ; a small 
piece has also been riveted to the head, and the 
head to the body ; several other pieces are at- 
tached in the sameway. ‘The rivets are small, 
and the work neatly done. 
4. An ornament or badge of some kind, 
shown in fig. 5. The two crescent-shaped 
pieces are entirely plain, except some slightly 
impressed lines on the portion connecting them 
with the central stem. ‘This central stem, 
throughout its entire length and to the width of 
six-tenths of an inch, is raised, and cross-strips 
placed at various points along the under side, 
for the purpose of inserting a strip of bone; a 
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part of which yet remains in it, and is seen in — 
the figure at the break immediately below the 
point where the oblique strips meet. The most 
important and interesting fact presented by this 
specimen is the indubitable evidence it fur- 
nishes that the workman who formed it made 
use of metallic tools, as the cutting in this case 
could not possibly have been done with any 
thing except a metallic implement. A single 
glance at it is sufficient to satisfy any one of the 
truth of this assertion. Length of the stem, 
nine inches ; width across the crescents, seven 
inches and a half. 
Fig. 4. 
5. Part of an ornament similar to No. 4. 
These plates, especially No. 4, appear to be 
enlarged patterns of that seen behind the head 
of fig. 3. | 
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