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J. H. Rivett-Carnac— S/one Implements. 
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separately figured. On the sides it has four depressions or holes of an inch 
in diameter and ‘80'' in depth. It fits comfortably into the hand, and the 
projection at the top is convenient for the thumb and forefinger. It would 
appear to have been used as a hammer in the same manner as fig. 2 in Plate 
XVIII. The holes seem well adapted for the narrow conical ends of some of 
the celts, many of which bear the marks of hammering on the narrow end. 
Lastly, before passing to the celts, by far the most numerous class in 
the collection, some curious and mysterious stones, found in considerable 
numbers and one of which is figured No. 9, have to be briefly noticed. 
The only suggestion I can make in regard to them is that they had possi¬ 
bly been used as pivots. It is possible that similar stones may have been 
found in other parts of the world, and that the sketch may be recognized, 
and the use of the implement explained by some of my correspondents into 
whose hands copies of this paper will pass. 
Some specimens were picked up in situ by Mr. Cockburn about I mile 
north of the fortress of Bijaygarh, on a stony plateaux that has yielded 
fragment of celts and chert implements, by which it might be inferred that 
they were of considerable antiquity. 
Celts. 
Celts similar in form to those of Europe and America have, as already 
stated, been found by Mr. Cockburn and myself in very large numbers. It 
is possible that their preservation is partly to be attributed to their form, 
which admits of their being accepted as representing the Mahadeo or Phal¬ 
lus. Many have doubtless been ploughed up, but the rainfall in this up¬ 
land country has cut up the soil into innumerable water-courses and 
ravines, and this together with the constant denudation of the soil lias left 
exposed many implements which would otherwise have long lain hidden 
beneath the surface. Besides those collected under trees, many celts have 
been found on the surface of the soil, possibly not far from the positions in 
which they had originally been lost. Numbers have been picked out of 
gravel heaps stacked on the sides of roads. Altogether, including those we 
have purchased from natives, who have been employed in the search, the 
number of celts collected by us exceeds 400. 
Tbe largest of these is 12"25 in length by 4" - 70 in breadth, weighing 
8fbs. 3oz. “The smallest is 2" - 50 in length by 2"T5 in breadth, and weighs 
3f oz.” The stone selected for the celts is, in the case of the polished ones, 
diorite of varying degrees of fineness, in some cases nearly approaching 
porpbery. A perfectly distinct type, roughly chipped, are of bard black basalt. 
As a rule while those of the one class are thick and show an ovate section, 
the basalt celts are comparatively fiat. The basalt weathers differently from 
the diorite. In rare instances celts of polished sandstone have occurred. 
The great mass of implements of this material are exceedingly rough pro- 
