40 
on the model of the leaf of the aloe or agave. Plate 13, fig. 13, 
represents a bronze leaf-shaped sword found in Ireland. 
35 and 36. Bronze dagger-blades, found in a tumulus at Ablington, 
in the parish of Figheldean, Wilts, with objects numbered 37 
to 42 in this case, and with the two human skulls, Nos. 2 and 
3 in Case D D, all deposited by E. Dyke Poore, Esq., Syren- 
cot, Wilts . 
Bronze dagger-blades of this type are Celtic, and were mounted 
in handles of wood or bone, to which they were fastened by rivets. 
Plate 13, fig. 9 represents a bronze dagger of this Celtic type, with 
its handle, found in a tumulus at Brigmilston, Wilts; when 
discovered it was secured in a sheath of wood lined with cloth, 
of which the web could still be distinguished. In 1860 a tumulus 
was opened by the Monmouthshire and Caerleon Antiquarian 
Association at Penhow; a bronze blade of this type was found in it, 
with its wooden sheath. In this tumulus rough chippings of flint 
were discovered, somewhat similar to those exhibited in Case S, 
and also under very similar circumstances; there being no chalk 
flints in the neighbourhood, the fragments must have been brought 
a considerable distance, and were probably placed in the tumulus 
for the use of the deceased in a future state. Plate 13, fig. 10 re¬ 
presents a dagger of the Celtic type, with a handle of ivory; it 
was found in a tumulus near Blandford, Dorset. Plate 13, fig. 12 
is another example from a specimen in the Museum of the Boyal 
Irish Academy. Plate 13, fig. 11 is in the same collection, and in 
form approaches very closely to fig. 10; it is, however, formed en¬ 
tirely out of the leg-bone of one of the large ruminants ; it is 
10 T ^ inches long, the handle is only 2^ inches—proving that the 
hands of the race who used it must have been very small. It is 
worthy of remark that an ancient Egyptian bronze dagger, fastened 
to its ivory handle with rivets, and perfectly of this Celtic type, 
is in the British Museum. 
37 and 38. Antlers of roe-deer. No. 38 has been reduced in 
length, and shows human work. Being right and left horns, 
they were probably from the same animal, and as No. 37 is 
not a shed antler, it is probable that the animal had been 
killed in hunting. 
39. Molar of pig. 
40 to 42. Tusks of boar. These three tusks are all from different 
animals, and are all from the left side. 
43. Bronze spear-head (imperfect) Ireland. 
44. Ditto, Paris. 
45. Ditto, Ireland. 
46. Ditto, Paris. 
Antiquities of bronze are in great estimation in China, and a 
voluminous work has been produced in that country on the subject, 
entitled “ Po-ku-tu, or Plates on learned Antiquities.” Ancient 
