PLATE VI

a. A perfect specimen of the long “property” celt; it is of
homogeneous, deep-green jade, and was dug up at an old
living-place on the north bank of Fraser river, above Lytton,
British Columbia. The longitudinal edges skow narrow
grooves.

6. Axe blade of dark reddish-brown jade. The cutting
edge has a sharp, short bevel, exactly like that of a broad-axe.
Tt was found in the ground near Lytton.

c. Adze blade of translucent blue-green jade, showing
a sharp bevel on one side at the cutting edge. Found on an
old village-site on the north bank of Fraser river, five miles
below Lytton.

d, Celt of dark-green mottled jade, found buried three
feet under the roots of an old tree at Indian Head, near
Victoria, British Columbia.