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12. Three stones of different sorts used by the carpenters 

 for sharpening their tools. 



13. Of these, only one has been discovered— the round 

 Potters' Tools s ^ one ~ ( l u ^e similar to those now in use, 



which was employed in moulding the 

 interior of chatties and pots. From an examination of 

 the pottery, it is certain, however, that numerous stamps 

 or dies were used for stamping patterns on the ware. 

 A careful search was made for these, but without any 

 success. Presumably, they were made of wood, which has 

 rotted away. 



14. Although it is quite clear that one or more forges 



Smiths' Tools were a ^ wor ^ a ^ ^ s s P ot > on ty one article 

 has been discovered which can be assigned 

 to these artificers, viz., a short, thick, rectangular chisel, 

 which may have been used as a cold chisel for cutting iron. 

 Part of it is broken off at the head, so that it is impossible to 

 be quite sure of the identification, and, as above stated 

 (" Tools," No. 5), this chisel may have been used for stone- 

 cutting. I may note that these rectangular chisels are made 

 in a peculiar way. Round the piece or pieces of iron 

 forming the heart is wrapped thin plate-iron, and the whole 

 is then welded together. The thickest piece of iron found 

 in any of the tools measures *4 inch. In order to make a 

 chisel more than 1 inch in diameter, it was evidently 

 necessary to increase the thickness in some way which would 

 not permit the component parts to split off under repeated 

 blows ; and this device was hit upon. 



15. Of these, we have found a stone on which the gold- 

 - . , ■ ■ - smith was accustomed to sharpen his 



Goldsmiths lools, , T . , , 



tools. It has several narrow grooves 

 in its upper surface, which have been worn in it in 

 this way. 



16. I include, also, a piece of deer-horn (" elk"), which 

 evidently formed half of a handle for some tool, which ap- 

 parently was too thin for any but a goldsmith to use. 



There still remain two or three fragments of iron for 

 which I am unable to suggest the use. 



Weapons. 



It was not to be anticipated that among the dwellings 



