20 Mr. R. Bruce Fqote on the occurrence of 



A variation of this form of which I found one example 

 in a ravine in the Sattavadu hills N. W. of Woodecottah, 

 shows a rather sharp point opposed to the sharp cutting 

 edge. 



These two forms, the spear-heads and hatchets, are of much 

 rarer occurrence than most of those which must be referred 

 to the second principal class. 



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The second class of Implements which now demand our 

 attention includes as before stated three leading variations 

 of form — but all furnished with a cutting edge all round. 

 The first of these varieties includes such Implements as 

 are worked to a sharp point at one or both ends. The ob- 

 ject of this form of Implement is far less easy to divine than 

 that of the two foregoing forms — more especially with re- 

 gard to the smaller specimens of short proportions ; for if 

 they were inserted in a notch at the end of a pole or bam- 

 boo to be used as spear heads, the sharp edge would tend 

 to split up the wood, when thrust against any resisting 

 body. This difficulty is less apparent in the case of those 

 of more elongated shape, e. g., those figured in Plates I, II 

 and IV, which may possibly have been employed, not as 

 spear-heads, but as hammers or picks, being attached to a 

 handle transversely so as to form a T shape. 



This sub-class is connected with the following one which 

 comprehends the oval and almond shaped Implements by 

 many intermediate shapes to which it is often hard to assign 

 a place. By far the greater number of our Indian quart- 

 zite Implements belong to this sub-class. The purposes for 

 which they were constructed of this more or less elongated 

 oval shape are by no means obvious. The absence of cor- 

 ners such as occur in the hatchet head figured in Plate XI 

 would certainly give the cutting edge greater power of en- 



