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8. Portion of stone hatchet (Point of Ayr. Scotland). 
9. Stone hatchet (St. Vaast, Calvados). This specimen shows a 
number of planes, consequent upon the attempt to give it a 
rounding form by rubbing it upon a flat surface (see also plate 
7, fig. 5, which is from a specimen in the Museum of the 
Royal Irish Academy). Deposited by the Dev. J. P. 
Greenly , Laver stock. 
10 to 12. Stone hatchets (Ireland). 
13 and 14. Stone hatchets (said to be from* the gold drift of Mac¬ 
quarie River, Australia, but probably only Irish specimens). 
15. Stone hatchet (Keswick). 
16 to 23. Stone hatchets (Ireland). 
24. Flint hatchet, chipped into form only, found by Mr. James 
Brown, of Salisbury* at Laverstock, August 21, 1863, 
deposited by Mr. James Brown. 
25 and 26. Flint hatchets (Paris). 
27. Flint hatchet (Whiteparish-hill, near Salisbury). The cutting 
edge of this specimen appears to have been splintered away in 
use, for the chips are as much oxydized as the other portions 
of the hatchet. It may,, in consequence, have been thrown 
away by its original owner as useless. 
28. Flint hatchet (Paris). 
29. Portion of a flint hatchet, found by Mr. James Brown, of 
Salisbury, on the turnpike road near Coombe Bissett, July, 
1863. Deposited by Mr Jas. Brown. 
30. Stone hatchet of peculiar form. 
31. Stone hatchet, plate 11, fig. 2, shows the method of attaching 
this form of hatchet to its handle. 
32. Stone implement (Keswick), possibly used for scraping skins. 
It will have been observed, that whereas all the flint implements 
found in the drift—all the most ancient flint implements—are 
chipped into form only, the majority of the celts in the present 
case are rubbed until all chipping marks are removed. Not only 
does this difference exist. The implements in this case belong to 
a totally different type from those of the drift. Compare Nos. 1 
and 24 in this case, or plate 8, fig. 1, with the specimens in Case 
P, or figures in plate 1 and 2. Probably, even among Celtic 
hatchets, those only chipped into form, as plate 8, fig. 1, are the 
earliest. Plate 8, fig. 2, exhibits a transition stage; it represents 
a flint celt found in a tumulus at Upton Lovel, Wilts, only partially 
rubbed down to a smooth surface—the more prominent angles only 
are removed, in which respect it differs much from No. 27 in this 
case. 
33. Flake of Lydian stone (Belaud). Lydian stone is an impure 
flint, found in the central portions of the carboniferous lime¬ 
stones of Ireland. 
