(north) side of the stream. The date of the find is unknown, 
but it was prior to 1833. (This information is contributed by- 
Mr. Job Edwards, of Amesbury.) The shape of the mould 
is that of a four-sided prism, and the cavities engraved on two 
of its sides show that it was intended to cast socketed celts of 
two sizes; one of these moulds was for casting celts provided 
with two loops. A second prism, the duplicate of this, must 
have existed to complete the mould, and notches are made in 
this portion to enable the workman to adjust the two halves 
with precision. A very remarkable mould, made of hone- 
stone, was found in Anglesea; like Mr. Duke’s specimen it is 
a four-sided prism, but it has cavities on all four sides, three 
are for casting the heads of spears or darts, all of different 
types, and one is for casting socketed celts with two loops. 
32. Bronze wedge. 
33. Rapier-shaped bronze dagger blade, found in 1860 at Fisherton 
Anger, near Salisbury, in making a drain. It was discovered 
about four feet below the surface, in the ordinary vegetable 
mould, but resting upon the top of the drift gravel. There 
was a depression in the surface of the gravel, forming a 
shallow basin, and in this basin this specimen was found. No 
bones, pottery, or ashes were associated with it. This type 
of weapon is rarely found in England, although frequently 
discovered in Ireland. A mould for casting them has been 
found in Devonshire. An example of a handled rapier blade 
is given, plate 13, fig. 8; "it was found in the county of 
Tipperary, and is figured from an engraving in the catalogue 
of the museum of the Royal Irish Academy. The length of 
the weapon is 21f inches, and it is 3 inches wide across the 
lunated hilt. 
34. Portion of a bronze leaf-shaped sword, found on Cow Down 
Hill, Upton Scudamore, Wilts, deposited by Mr. James 
Brown. Some writers hold that as bronze swords, associated 
with sepulchral deposits, are frequently found broken, that 
perhaps one of the last honours paid to the deceased warrior 
was to break his well proved weapon and to lay it by his side 
ere the cist was closed. This opinion rests on very shallow 
foundation. 
Bronze leaf-shaped swords are probably to be regarded as 
Roman weapons; they were used for thrusting rather than for 
cutting. There is a sword of this type in the museum of the 
Louvre, Paris, with its sheath; and another similar sword and 
sheath in the Musee de l’Artillerie, Paris. 
As an instance of persistence in form, the visitor’s attention is 
directed to No. 81 on wall, which is a native made iron sword, such 
as is still in use in the interior of Africa; it has exactly the form 
of the Roman leaf-shaped sword, and both were apparently formed 
