106 SLING-STONES. ARROW-HEADS. 



disposed to think that many of them were used as sink- 

 stones for nets, but that some have really served as sling- 

 stones seems to be indicated by their presence in the Peat- 

 mosses, which it is difficult to account for in any other way. 

 The other kind of sling-stones are round, nattish flint disks, 

 some of which are beautifully made. 



The oval tool-stones (fig. 118), or "Tilhuggersteeus" of the 

 northern antiquaries, are oval or egg-shaped stones, more 

 or less indented on one or both surfaces. Their use is not at 

 present thoroughly understood. Some antiquaries suppose 

 that they were held between the finger and thumb, and used 

 as hammers or chippers. If, however, a large series is 

 obtained, it will be found that the depression varies greatly 

 FIG. us. in depth, and that sometimes the stone is 

 completely perforated, which favours the view 

 of those who regard these implements as ring- 

 stones for nets, or small hammer-heads. It 



ovai Tooi-stone. is v&cy doubtful whether these implements 

 really belong to the Stone Age. 



Other stones, in which the longer axis is encircled by a 

 groove, appear to have been evidently intended as sink-stones 

 for nets. 



The arrow-heads are divided by Sir W. E. Wilde into five 

 varieties. Firstly, the triangular (fig. 119), which frequently 

 had a notch on each side to receive the string which attached 

 it to the shaft; secondly, that which is hollowed out or 

 indented at the base, as in fig. 120 ; thirdly, the stemmed 

 arrow, which has a tang or projection for sinking into the 

 shaft ; fourthly, when the wings are prolonged on each side, 

 this passes into the barbed arrow (fig. 121); finally, we have 

 the leaf-shaped form, a beautiful example of which is repre- 

 sented in fig. 122. The true arrow-heads are generally about 

 an inch in length, but they pass gradually into the javelin, 

 and from that into the spear-head. The great similarity of 



