226 J. H. Rivett-Carnac —Stone Implements. [No. 3, 
best be explained by fig. 2. The implement fits conveniently into the hand, 
the depressions affording a hold for the fingers, and suggesting its use as a 
many-sided hammer, the faces of which were changed from time to time 
when the pit became inconveniently deep for use. Somewhat similar de¬ 
pressions may be noticed on the iron mauls used by masons in the present 
day. The hammer, together with two celts, was found in the Banda Dis¬ 
trict, embedded in the roots of a pipal tree, which in the course of years 
had overgrown them, and the specimens were cut out with some difficulty. 
“ Nilsson’s Scandinavia” contains a sketch, Plate I, No. 5, of a many-sided 
hammer of a somewhat similar form. 
A flat red quartzite pebble is figured in No. 3. It measures 4'25" in 
length by 3" at the widest part, and is only P75" thick. The two ends are 
slightly flattened as shown in the engraving. The upper and lower sides 
exhibit a double groove or notch for the purpose of securing it to a wooden 
handle. On the upper and lower surfaces double cup-marks or depressions 
measuring about '70" in diameter and nearly ’SO" in depth. The cup-mark 
depressions are not easily accounted for. Mr. Cockburn is inclined to think 
that they represent the process of forming a complete groove round the 
stone, which has been left unfinished. To me the design appears complete, 
and it would seem as if the end had, at one time, been used for hammering, 
whilst, at some other time, the cup-like depressions had been utilised. 
Possibly similar implements, found in other parts of the world, may have 
been already described and explained. 
Fig. 4 is a nearly circular piece of sandstone measuring 350" in diame¬ 
ter and 2'25" in thickness. The upper and lower portions which were 
originally flat, show a circular depression 160'' in diameter and •50'' deep. 
The sides have been grooved to a depth of ’25 of an inch. This implement 
may have been used as a hammer, for though now somewhat broken, it fits 
comfortably enough into the hand. Or, as suggested for stones of a similar 
type, it may have been a sort of rest or stone anvil, on which flint cores were 
split and worked Implements of a somewhat similar description were 
found by Major Mockler in Baluchistan. 
Fig. 5 represents a curiously wrought piece of basalt 3 - 50'' in length 
and 3'' in diameter. It bears the appearance of having been split in two, 
either by accident or design. A deep but narrow groove runs through the 
centre, as shown in the sketch. Mr. Cockburn considers it a type of imple¬ 
ment resembling the single Bola, or modern slung shot, and supposes the 
o-roove to have been intended for the reception of a thong. Mr. Cockburn 
found a carved figure at Kalin jar, bearing in its hand an implement 
which he considers resembles that now described. At the back the stone 
is a small but curious depression, hardly large enough to have been produced 
by hammering. I am unable to suggest any explanation of its use. 
