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164 Antiquaries of Scotland. Several other varieties of New Caledonian and Fiji handles have been engraved by M. Chantre. In some countries, probably in consequence of the difficulty of procuring forked boughs of trees of the proper kind, the wood which forms

Fig. 102.—Adze—New Caledonia.

the socket for the blade is bound on at the desired angle to the end of the wooden handle. An adze of stone from the Caroline Islands, thus mounted, is engraved in the Comptes Rendus; and a