Excerpt from The Ulster Journal of Archaeology, Vol. 8 It of the forms of the stone implements are found also in bone; and this last class of objects rm quite a collection of tools, arms, and ornaments, is certainly not the least remarkable. Largest sized and most compact bones were made use of as hammers, as were also pieces of rn, into the spongy part of which was sometimes introduced a bone which was driven in as a surface where the horn was cut off. These hammers were pierced with a round or oval hole ring the handle, the position of which was occasionally oblique, as is remarked in some axes. Of the wood which entered into the hole of one hammer has been preserved, while the rhea been destroyed by the action of time, which explains the disappearance of axe handles t made of horn. A violent blow has often broken these hammers, which are indeed rarely iole. Although articles of wood are most frequently destroyed, a complete beetle has been d, made of fir. The wood being completely impregnated with water, and yielding to the pressure, left no doubt as to its antiquity. The instrument had been cut from the branch using a part of irregular growth for the handle. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.