. The ancient stone implements, weapons, and ornaments, of Great Britain. Fig. 98.—Axe in Stags-hornSocket — Fig. 99.—Axe—Robenhausen. i Neuchatel. One of these instruments in its complete form isshown in Fig. 99, which I have copied from Keller. J It was found * Skeltons Meyricks Armour, pi. cl. 1. t f^ee also P/w ^V 4«^ 2nd S. vol. i. p. 56, and Horfe Feralns, p. ,; Alt. u. h. V., vol. i. Heft xii. Taf. 1. Keller, Pfahl-bauten, leriiencht, lai. u. J Lake Dwellings, pi. x. 7; oter Bericht, pi. x. 17. Another from StAubm IS engraved by Chantre, Etudes Paleoothn., pi. xi.

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. The ancient stone implements, weapons, and ornaments, of Great Britain. Fig. 98.—Axe in Stags-hornSocket — Fig. 99.—Axe—Robenhausen. i Neuchatel. One of these instruments in its complete form isshown in Fig. 99, which I have copied from Keller. J It was found * Skeltons Meyricks Armour, pi. cl. 1. t f^ee also P/w ^V 4«^ 2nd S. vol. i. p. 56, and Horfe Feralns, p. ,; Alt. u. h. V., vol. i. Heft xii. Taf. 1. Keller, Pfahl-bauten, leriiencht, lai. u. J Lake Dwellings, pi. x. 7; oter Bericht, pi. x. 17. Another from StAubm IS engraved by Chantre, Etudes Paleoothn., pi. xi. 144 POLISHED CEI/rS. [chap. VI. at Robenliausen, and the club-like handle is of ash. Several otherspecimens are engraved by the same author and Professor Desor.* In some instances the stone was inserted lengthways! into theend of a tine of stags horn at the part where it had been severedfrom the antler, so as to form a sort of chisel. + In other cases thesocket was worked through the tine, and the stone blade fixed init after the manner of an axe, though the handle was too short tobe used for chopping with

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