. The ancient stone implements, weapons, and ornaments, of Great Britain. curiously similar tothis in all respects, that it was probably made by the same hand. I amnot, however, aware whether the two weie found together. There is in these implements a peculiar curvature on one face, asshown in the side view, which, I think, must be connected with themethod by which they were attached to their handles. From the form,it seems probable that they were mounted as adzes, with the edge EDGE FORMED BY TWO FACETS. 61 transversely to the line of the handle, and not as axes. I have a moreroughly chipped
. The ancient stone implements, weapons, and ornaments, of Great Britain. curiously similar tothis in all respects, that it was probably made by the same hand. I amnot, however, aware whether the two weie found together. There is in these implements a peculiar curvature on one face, asshown in the side view, which, I think, must be connected with themethod by which they were attached to their handles. From the form,it seems probable that they were mounted as adzes, with the edge EDGE FORMED BY TWO FACETS. 61 transversely to the line of the handle, and not as axes. I have a moreroughly chipped specimen of the same type, found near Wanluds Bank,Luton, Beds, by Mr. W. Whitaker, , in which the same curvatureof one of the faces is observable. It is not so conspicuous in a largerimplement of the same class, also from Mildenhall (Fig. 13), but thislikewise is slightly curved longitudinally. In the Christy Collection isanother, found at Burwell, Cambridgeshire, of the same type, 5^ incheslong and 2 inches broad, rather more convex on one face than the Fig. 12.—Near Mildenhall.
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