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of iiakiug, showing, as tliey do, the large flakes struck off by a blow, 

 with the conchoid of percussion, and the smaller ones without the con- 

 choid, made by pressure. They are of milk-white chalcedony, and are 

 from 11 inches in length down. 



Fig. 82 represents a leaf-shaped implement 9^ inches long, from Gil- 

 mer County, Georgia. It was found by Mr. H. M. Ellington while dig- 



Fig. 83. 



LEAF-SHAPED IMPLEMENT OF WHITE FLINT, BEAUTIFULLY WROUGHT. 



Columbia County, Georgia. 



Sleiner Collection. Cat. No. 172569, U.S.N. M. Natural size. 



ging in a prehistoric grave, 3 feet beneath the surface. No opinion is 

 expressed with regard to its function, and no consideration is given to 

 the peculiarity of its leaf-shaj)ed form nor to the two notches near one 

 end. It is to be remarked, however, that the proportion between the 

 width and thickness, which made its appearance in the Solutroen epoch, 

 is maintained in this specimen as it is in all those belonging to the Neo- 

 lithic period. This notable difference betvveeii these and the Ohelleen 



