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tween them, first round one, then the next, and so on. None of them 

 show any signs or attempts at boring from end to end.* 



Deer and elk horns enter largely into the manufacture of many of 

 the relics. Among others are what are known as bone arrow or spear 



Fig. 3. 



points, shown in Figs. 3 and 4. They are invariably made from the 

 sharp points of horn, the piece being first cut off, and then a hole 

 drilled into the blunt end with a flint. Marks made by the drill are 

 still distinctly seen in the holes. The points were fastened to wooden 

 shafts inserted in the holes. Now, strange though it may seem, relics 



Fig. 4. 



Fig. 5. 



of an exactly similar make and of exactly the same sort of material 

 are found thousands of miles away. Dr. F. Keller, in his elaborate 

 book on the " Lake-Dwellers of Europe," gives figures f of these imple- 

 ments found in the Swiss lake-dwellings, and Fig. 5 is taken from his 

 book. It is immediately seen that the relics from the two localities 

 are identical, with the exception of the small hole drilled into the side. 

 In Fig. 5 one of the arrow-points has a portion of the shaft still fast- 

 ened in the hole. 



Large pieces of deer and elk-horn, with the prongs polished by 

 constant use, have probably been employed as digging implements. 

 Smaller pieces of the flat part of the horn, with two or three prongs, 



* Since this was written, Dr. Phene, of England, suggests that they were used as cur- 

 rency, and it is very possible that this was the case. 



f See plates 45, G2, 89, and 91 for these figures. The ones here given are copied from 

 Figs. 25 and 28 on plate 62, and Fig. 6 on plate 91. 



