The Stone Ages of South Africa. 



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2 miles from the Berg Eiver, which runs there at an approximate 

 altitude of 300 feet. I doubt not that a renewed search will lead 

 to the discovery of these palaeoliths close to or in the proximity of 

 the riverbanks. This Simondium deposit as now traced extends 



Fig. 1. — Simondium Factory Site. 



for nearly 2 miles on a steep slope. Hitherto I have found there no 

 undoubted scraper-knives; only large unused flakes, large spalls, 

 and large nuclei. It is possible that flake-knives were once 

 there and utilised as such, but one thing can be definitely said, and 

 that is, that they are no longer found with the finished, partly 



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