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J. H. Rivett-Carnac— Stone Implements. 
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On Stone Implements from the North Western Provinces of India.—By 
J. H. Riyett-Cabnac, Esq., C. S., C.I.E., F.S.A., &c. 
(With three Plates.) 
The Proceedings of the Asiatic Society for January 1882 contain a 
short account of a collection of stone implements, made during the past 
few years by Mr. J. Cockburn and myself in the Banda District of the 
the North Western Provinces of India. 
It is now proposed to describe the collection more in detail, noticing 
specially what are believed to be the new types brought to light, together 
with certain specimens which appear to carry with them the explanation of 
the manner in which they were manufactured and hefted. 
The division of labour between Mr. J. Cockburn and myself has been 
arranged as follows: The larger stone implements, i. e., the hammers, 
ringstones and the celts of well known types, many of which have been 
found or collected during my tour, are to be described by me. Mr. Cock¬ 
burn has undertaken to figure and describe at length, in a separate paper, 
the very large, varied and most interesting collection of chert implements 
which he has found, comprising many new types, none of which had been 
before found in this part of the country, and to which he has devoted the 
attention of a careful and enthusiastic observer. 
The more rare and interesting of the specimens described by me have 
been carefully drawn to scale, and will be found figured among the illustra¬ 
tions which accompany this paper. 
Even to those who have no knowledge of India, the locality of these 
finds may be easily indicated on the map, by taking as a starting point, 
Allahabad, the great city at the confluence of the Ganges and the Jumna. 
For hundreds of miles the huge tract between these rivers, together with the 
adjoining country beyond, consists of a level plain of alluvial soil containing 
few trees, beyond the artificially planted groves of the villagers, and no trace 
of stone save the nodular limestone locally known as kunkur. Some 10 miles 
to the west of Allahabad, the point where not only the two great rivers meet, 
but also where the Railway from Bombay and Jabalpur joins the main line 
of the East Indian Railway, the country suddenly changes, and rock, hill and 
jungle assert themselves for the first time, extending thence to the south 
and east for hundreds of miles, through a but little known country towards 
Katak, and following the Railway line west during its whole course, to 
within a short distance of Bombay itself. 
The Banda District is situated on the eastern boundary of this tract, 
and is entered by the Railway about twelve miles after leaving Allahabad. 
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