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COPPER SPEAR HEADS. 
not appear so ancient as those of copper, which are trilateral, pre¬ 
sent a sharp edge at each angle, and, from being more highly 
finished, give the idea of an age coeval with the sculptures. They 
assimilate, too, much more to the spear-heads sculptured at Persepolis, 
and have this great characteristic, that the wood is made to fit into the 
head, whereas the iron heads have long shafts, which must have fitted 
into the wood. 
On making enquiries about arrow and spear-heads, of the Ket 
Khoda of Kenareh, he informed me, that some time ago the son of 
an old villager of Mirkasgoon found the head of a spear sticking 
in a cleft of the mountain of Persepolis, and that its size was so great, 
and the metal of it so good, that it was made into a plough-share, and 
used as such to this day. He described it as being in length from the 
bottom of his wrist to the tip of his fingers, having a groove at the 
extremity to receive the shaft of the spear. He soon after brought it 
