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it rises to a couple of hundred feet and has quite large trees growing 

 upon it. In the sand are no implements, but lying all over the 

 surface are some of the same type, exactly as those found in B. 

 Large implements are not common on the surface, and some are 



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Fig. 5. — A — Fine sand. B — Gravel, diamond bearing, consisting almost entirely 

 of rolled agates, &e., wherein are the large and small Implements. 



quite unlike the water-worn rocks that they accompany, and I am 

 convinced that while some are undoubted implements, others were 

 implements in the making." 



The pieces received fi'om Miss Wilman are almost smooth, with 

 the angles and facets quite obliterated. Many ai^e tongue-shaped, 

 and others more or less regularly almond-shaped. The examples 

 represented in PI. IX., Figs. 57 to 60, which were found at Barkly 

 West, not far from Nooitgedacht, give a good idea of their appear- 

 ance, though some are even more amorphous. 



In common with many collectors who jjic/c specimens to oblige 

 friends, Mr. A. du Toit, of the Cape Geological Survey, who pre- 

 sented these last-mentioned examples, left many the conditions of 

 which through abrasion made him doubtful as to their being artefacts. 



On the whole, these bouchers show traces of superior workman- 

 ship, most of them having been "knapped" on either side. Some 

 are of the unusually large " shard " form trimmed only on one face, 

 and it is to these that Miss Wilman alluded as being in the making." 

 Several of the smaller, about 100 mm. in length, are well finished, 

 others not ; one still retains its wedge shape. The cleavers are 

 easily recognisable, and round the butt of one there is a very 

 irregular depression that, if not accidental, might make hafting 

 by hgatures possible. The cleavers of PI. VIII., Figs. 52 to 56, 

 met not far from Nooitgedacht, are of the same type. 



x\s for the scraper-knives, their resemblance to similar tools found 

 so commonly all over South Africa is indeed extreme. I have 

 selected a few types for illustration (PI. XIII. , Fig. 105). 



I am, unfortunately, debarred from giving in this modest paper 

 illustrations of tools of the same technique found in mid-Europe or 

 England, but I should like to call the attention of antiquarians to 

 the extreme likeness of No. 7 of Fig. 105, to one of the famous 



* One sent me is 260 mm. long, and weighs 4 lbs. 4 oz. 



