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[[strikethrough]] It [[strikethrough]] ^[[This]] is the common polished stone hatchet, many times ^[[but improperly]] called celt, ^[[& flesher.]] [[strikethrough]] but improperly. [[/strikethrough]]  It is of the common kind, and [[strikethrough]] it alone, [[/strikethrough]] by itself, would be worth from 50c to 75c.  It is inserted in a handle of wood through a hole which fits exactly the size, thus giving it a handle as a [[strikethrough]]n axe or [[/strikethrough]] hatchet, or weapon.  It has been well known that these implements were handled and used in this manner, because many others have been found similar to this.  I [[strikethrough]] will enclose [[/strikethrough]] ^[[have copied]] some drawings with their localities indicated, which prove this to have been the original use to which implements were put. [[margin note]] ? D [[/margin note]]

But, while this ^[[is]] true with regard to many, there are thousands more that are not so attached or handled.  [[margin note]] ? [[/margin note]] Save for such specimens as this and those of which I attach the drawings, archaeologists would have been much in doubt as to the proper..  These specimens solve it. This relic is not beautiful nor would it be attractive or of much value to the average collector.  But as a contribution to science and as giving us the knowledge, certain and positive, as to how these weapons or implements were used, it has a certain value [[strikethrough]] to us and [[/strikethrough]] to this Museum, that it does not have to the average collector, and I have no hesitation in saying that it should be [[strikethrough]] placed in our Museum [[/strikethrough]] procured.