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where the implements are occasionally met with {cf. obverse and 

 reverse Cuts 1, 2, 3, 5 of Figs. 110 and 112). So far, only one 

 example of the highly finished javelin-heads, Cut 8 of Fig. 110, 

 has been found beyond the Cape Peninsula, namely, in the Berg 

 Eiver valley, close to Simondium, where palaeoliths abound. And 

 together with these lance-heads trimmed on both sides we find 

 examples of truly Mousterian type, that is to say, trimmed on one 

 side only (Figs. Ill and 113 showing both sides). The material 

 is the same, the technique appears to be similar, and yet only one 

 face is pared. Occasionally great care is devoted to this part, as in 

 Cuts 2 and 5, but the other face with its largely bulging bulb of 

 percussion is as Mousterian in shape as any example we possess 

 from the Moustier, or is to be seen in the St. Germain Museum, 

 in Paris. 



Unlike the highly finished lance-heads which have hitherto been 

 found singly only, these last-mentioned implements are found 

 together with rude ones made of the same hard surface quartzite, 

 a material forming at the present time. Most of them obviously 

 are scrapers. 



The notched Cuts 1, 2, 3, 5 of Fig. 118 are interesting because 

 they probably fulfilled the same purpose as those in Fig. 138, which 

 are from the Karroo and elsewhere, namely, paring into shape the 

 piece of wood used for making a bow. 



The serrated edge of Cuts 8, 9, 10 of Fig. 118 suggests that they 

 were used as saws. While the notch of Cuts 1, 2, 3 are on the left 

 of the obverse part of the scraper, that of Cut 4 of the same Fig. is 

 on the right, as if the maker was left-handed. 



Tools of this rough type, made of the same material, are to be 

 found all along the western coast from Simon's Town to Port 

 Nolloth, but seldom far inland. They abound near the middens of 

 that part of the coastal belt, and they are found there together with 

 the " pygmies." On the Cape Flats they are, as I have already said, 

 very numerous, but they always overlie the iron-stone gravel, 

 whereas under this gravel, or in the layers of the gravel, small 

 bouchers, or large flakes are occasionally found. 



Rough indeed is the method of manufacture of the Cape Flats 

 implements. As far as I know, none has been found that shows 

 unmistakably traces of secondary trimming, with the exception of 

 the highly finished examples that are figured in PI. XIV. and the 

 tiny nucleiform scrapers, Fig. 130. But with these others are found 

 that plainly show decadence in the exercise of the skill, until the 

 more primitive style has again been reverted to. Of these examples 



