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 374 ON THE USE OP BRONZE CELTS fourtli class (see wood-cut, p, 369) ; in the latter case it belonged to his fifth. Rivets having been used either rarely, or not at all, their place was eiiectually supplied by several other contrivances, more especially in the palstaves, or celts of Mr. Du Noyer's fourth class. The annexed wood- cut represents (re- duced to half the dimensions) two pal- staves preserved in the collection of an- cient bronzes in the Bibliotheque Nation- ale at Paris. Both of them are thick and massive, but more es- pecially that which is without a ring, and which is 2 decimetres (= 7f inches) long. On each are seen the two lateral ridges, which characterise all celts of this class ; but in these specimens they are bent inwards, an appearance which is not of very frequent occurrence. It is seen, however, in two speci- mens belonging to the collection in the British Museum, and in one of those found a.d. 1844, at Carleton Rode, in Norfolk.^ s Arcliaeologia, vol. xxxi., p. 494. A fine example of this modification of the palstave is exhibited in the same work, vol. xvi., plate Oli. But in the collection of ancient bronzes at the Louvre in Paris, there is a palstave a hords remirhes. No. '2970, no less than 24 centimetres (=: 9^ inches) long. It is massive and ponderous in ])roi)ortion to its length, and has a round hole at the to]) instead of the usual ring at the side. There is another. No. 2971, also with its lateral ridges bent inwards, without any hole or ring, very strong, and 7 centimetres {=. 2| inches) broad at the edge. Another, No. 2968, which is 2 decimetres long, and has a .small ring at the side, is no less than 11-2 centimetres (=. 4i inches) broad at the edge. For the description of these three remarkable celts, all Ibund in France, I am indebted to the kindness of M. Adrien de Longperier, the Conservator of the Museimi.