ARORIf;iN'AI, WOHKSIHtl'S K rHKl! I l)i; K AND WIl IlICLKr JC H. 249 



fashion the stttue to the rcciuircd shape and provide a broad 

 cutting edge. Tmplenients of this kind but on a hirger scale, were 

 usually mounted on the end of a stout stick about eighteen inches 

 in length and sometimes bent, the stone being cementefl in with 

 gum ; this was used as a gouge. The cutting edge in some cases 

 is hardlv visible anf! i-arelv projects moi-e than an inch or 

 less. .Some adzes ha\(' a stone at each end of the shaft. 



No. TX. Pr.A'i'E xLiv., Group 4. 



Gouges of xarious kinds were obtained in large (juantities. 

 These are quite peculiar in shape and closely resemble cores. 

 Thev are frequently Haked or chipped all over, and the cutting 

 edge is usually semi-circular and pro\i(led with a central notch, 

 or a slighlv projecting tooth. Thev are mostly thick and more or 

 less subconical with the working edge at the apex of the cone. 



No. X. "Plate xliv.. Group 1. 



Smooth scrapers weiv found in abundance especially on the 

 Aarious shell heaps. Thev are simply clean cut flakes from 

 pebbles, with one flat side and the other convex, and consisting of 

 the original surface of the pebble. The thin edge is mostly 

 smooth Init in some cases it is Hnelv luttched. 



No. XL— Platk xMi., (7R0UP 1, Fi(is. 10 and 11. 



Two gritty sandstone ras^is were obtained at Bondi. These are 

 practically identical with similar tools from Cherokee, Iowa, 



U.S.A.-'' 



No. XTI. — Plate xlh.. Group 1, Fk;. 6 from left. 



A single nose style or ornament was found at Maroubra. The 

 oi'nament is nearly three inches long and about one quarter of an 

 inch in diameter, somewliat tapering towards the ends, and ex- 

 hibiting two or three faint longitudinal ridges and many slight 

 transverse depressions, which probably indicate the original 

 chipping. The specimen however is much worn, probably through 

 use, and the surface details are obscure. When discovered it was 

 thought to be simply a piece of ordinary slate pencil, but on 

 applying a knife it was found to consist of some materiid much 

 Harder than slate pencil. 



2C Wilson — Arm. Eeport Ecgviits Smithsonian IiiM. (U. S. Nat. Miis. Re- 

 port) for 1897 (1W)9), pt. 1, p. 28."), pi. xxvii. 



