. The ancient stone implements, weapons, and ornaments, of Great Britain. Fig. 73.—Forfarshire. Fig. 74.—Bridlington. The celt from Malton, Fig. 81, is roughened in a similar manner, andthe same is the case with many of the hatchets from the Swiss Lake-dwellings, which have been frequently found still fixed in their sockets ofstags horn. I have another specimen, also procured by Mr. E. Tindall, from SouthBack Lane, Bridlington, which, however, is not roughened at the butt,and the sides of which have had a narrow flat facet ground along is 6 inches long, and 8^ inches wide at the edge.
. The ancient stone implements, weapons, and ornaments, of Great Britain. Fig. 73.—Forfarshire. Fig. 74.—Bridlington. The celt from Malton, Fig. 81, is roughened in a similar manner, andthe same is the case with many of the hatchets from the Swiss Lake-dwellings, which have been frequently found still fixed in their sockets ofstags horn. I have another specimen, also procured by Mr. E. Tindall, from SouthBack Lane, Bridlington, which, however, is not roughened at the butt,and the sides of which have had a narrow flat facet ground along is 6 inches long, and 8^ inches wide at the edge. 118 POLISHED CELTS. [chap. VI. Another form presents a rather pointed and unusually elongated ovalin section, and is pointed at the butt. Fig. 75 represents a highlyfinished celt of this kind made of light green, almost jade-like stone,preserved in the Antiquarian Museum at Edinburgh, and said to havebeen found in Caithness. It is so thoroughly Carib in character, and soclosely resembles specimens I possess from the West Indian Islands,that for some time I hesitate
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