224 J. H. Rivett-Carnac —Stone Implements. [No. 3, 
be formed, from the fact that Mr. Cockburn assisted by the headmen of the 
village, secured 23 celts in the village of Phuppoondee, Angassie Pergunnah, 
in about an hour’s search. Probably twice this number remained hidden 
in the great heaps of fragments of sculpture and waterworn pebbles which 
were not searched. 
The number collected byMr. Cockburn and myself, in this manner, 
exceeds many hundreds, of all sizes, and of many different types, most of 
them from the weather-worn condition of the surface, exhibiting undoubted 
proofs of great age. 
In my former papers, read before the Asiatic Society, the practice of 
objects of antiquarian interest, with which India abounds, being collect¬ 
ed and disposed of by amateurs has been strongly condemned. It seems 
right, therefore, to mention here that no specimens have been kept by either 
Mr. Cockburn or myself. The best specimens have all been presented to 
the British Museum, where I am glad to be able to add they have been 
accepted by the Trustees, and recognised as forming a collection of un¬ 
usual interest. Casts of the unique specimens have been made for the chief 
Museums of Europe, America and the Indian Presidency towns, and com¬ 
plete sets have been prepared and presented to these Museums and also 
to many gentlemen interested in prehistoric research, with a view to 
comparison with well known European and American types. It is gratify¬ 
ing to notice, that this action has already borne good fruit in the interest 
that has been awakened in these remains of ancient India, and the Asiatic 
Society will, I hope, at least consider, that no bad use has been made of this 
large and varied collection we have been fortunate enough to have made 
with the assistance and encouragement received from the Society. Several 
presentations of European prehistoric remains that have been received 
in exchange have been presented to the India Museum, after having been 
exhibited before the Society. 
Hammer Stones. 
The first specimen to be described (Plate XVIII, fig. la, b) is a hammer 
believed to be of a type unique in India. It was found at Alwara 2 miles 
.north of the Jumna, and 37 miles south-west of Allahabad. This village is 
actually in the Futtehpore District close to the boundary of Banda. It was 
found by Mr. Cockburn, placed together with a number of other stones under 
a sacred tvee, and was obligingly given to him, on its nature being explained, 
by the Thakur who owns the village. It is figured in Plate I. This 
hammer is of a tough, greyish quartzite and measures 3 50" in length 
by 2TO" in breadth and I SO'' in thickness. In form, it somewhat resembles 
a modern hammer, being flat at the ends and slightly curved on the upper 
surface. A groove , 50" in width and T5" in depth has been carefully carried 
