. The ancient stone implements, weapons, and ornaments, of Great Britain. nts an adze from theSandwich Islands. The jade adzes of the NewZealanders are halted in asomewhat similar manner;but the hafts are often beau-tifully carved and inlaid. Afine example is in the Black-more Museum, and a handlein the Christy of them is engraved bythe Rev. J. G. Theaxe to the left, in , may be from Polynesiaalso, but is of some corn-Fig. - claiam Indians. mon stone. The axes from Mangaia, so common in collections, exhibit great skill in themounting and in the carving of
. The ancient stone implements, weapons, and ornaments, of Great Britain. nts an adze from theSandwich Islands. The jade adzes of the NewZealanders are halted in asomewhat similar manner;but the hafts are often beau-tifully carved and inlaid. Afine example is in the Black-more Museum, and a handlein the Christy of them is engraved bythe Rev. J. G. Theaxe to the left, in , may be from Polynesiaalso, but is of some corn-Fig. - claiam Indians. mon stone. The axes from Mangaia, so common in collections, exhibit great skill in themounting and in the carving of the handles. Some have beenengraved by the Rev. J. Gr. Wood.§ In some instances the ligaments for attaching the stone bladeagainst the handle pass through a hole towards the end of theblade. A North American adze in the Ethnological Museum atCopenhagen is thus mounted, the cord being apparently of gut. * Proe., vol. ii. pp. 423, 424; Wilsons Preh. Man, vol. i. p. 156. t Nat. Hist, of Man, vol. ii. p. 32. X Op. cit., vol. ii. p. 201. $ Op. cit., vol. ii. pp. 369, COMPARED WITH ADZES OF MODERN SAVAGES. 149 A similar method of mounting their adzes, by binding themagainst the haft, was in use among the Egyptians.* Althoughit is extremely probable that some of the ancient stone adzes ofother countries may have been mounted in this manner, therehave not, so far as I am aware, been any of the handles of thisclass found. I have, however, two Swiss celts of Lydian stone, andof rectangular section, found at Nussdorf and Sipplingen, in theUeberlinger See, and on the natter of the two faces of each there
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