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Rh specimen in fig. 104 was found in the same tumulus as the very fine stone chisel (fig. 105).

The common Danish axe or wedge is figured in fig. 103. Figs. 106 and 107 represent forms which, though rare in Seeland, are common in other parts of Europe. Those found in Denmark are sometimes polished, but almost, if not quite as often, left rough. On the contrary, in other parts of North-Western Europe, the axes are usually ground to a more or less smooth surface. That some were held in the hand is evident, but that others were fixed in wooden handles is equally clear, in many specimens, from the presence of peculiar polished spaces, which have been produced by the friction of the wood. In almost all cases, the wooden handle has long perished, but there are one or two instances on record in which it has been preserved. Fig. 108 represents a stone hatchet, found some years ago, in the county of Monaghan; the handle was of pine, and was 13$1⁄2$ in. long. A somewhat similar specimen, found in Solway Moor, is preserved in the British Museum.

Fig. 109 represents another stone axe in its handle; this specimen was found at Concise,