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J. H. Rivett-Carnac —-Stone Implements. 
ductions, in bal’d quartzite somewhat resemble Messrs. Bruce and Fooles 
specimens from Southern India. They have not, however, yet been found 
in positions which would admit of their being classed as palaeolithic types, 
though it is quite possible that they may be of an older type than the 
polished celts. 
In material, in shape, and in manufacture the polished and chipped 
celts of the first two classes closely resemble those found in various parts 
of Europe, America and Australia. This is the verdict of all the Museums 
to which they have been sent. 
The Count de Limur, the distinguished French Antiquarian, assures me 
in a recent letter, that those sent to him, so closely resemble the celts dug 
out of the tumuli of Carnac and other parts of Brittany preserved in the 
Museum of the Hotel de Limur, that had the latter not all been marked, he 
would not have been able to distinguish the one from the other. 
The collection may be considered under the classification adopted by 
Evans: 1st, The chipped or rough hewn celts. 2nd, The polished celts. 
Class I. Bough hewn celts of basalt may he further subdivided into three 
types (A.) Heart-shaped or cordate, rather an uncommon type, the edge alone 
highly polished, and so much rounded as to be almost semicircular. In many 
cases inequalities of the chipping have been partially removed, but in no case 
has the implement itself been entirely polished. (B.) Lanceolate. Long and 
comparatively narrow and coming to a point at the end, resembling the 
arrow-heads termed “ leaf-shaped” in European collections. The side edges 
have the appearance of being serrated, owing to flakes having been taken off 
alternate sides. (C.) Very flat and almost triangular in shape. Implements of 
all these types will be observed in Plate XX which is taken from a photo¬ 
graph. 
A rough unfinished celt is given in Plate XIX, figure 10. Fig. 11 repre¬ 
sents one of the largest, whilst fig. 12 is a selected specimen of the flat 
triangular type. 
The collection includes a broken basalt celt with a well defined shoul¬ 
der indicating that this class of implement was handled. 
One or two small basalt celts with the greater portion of the surface 
polished have also been found as far south as Dudhi in South Mirzapore. 
They are about the length of an average forefinger and fit in between the 
finger and thumb, and resemble in shape and size a jade knife, from the lake 
dwellings of Constance, which the distinguished Dr. Fischer was recently 
good enough to send me. The latter specimen is now in the collection of 
the Indian Museum and may be compared with the Indian types. 
Fig. 13 shows an outline drawing of the largest of the polished celts, 
its length being 12 ,,- 25 by 4"’70 in breadth, and the weight 81bs. 3oz. 
It is difficult to conceive how it could have been hafted, so huge are its 
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