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will be apparent. 



Instead of the ilakcs being struck from each edge 



toward the center, as in 

 almost every other speci- 

 men, all of them were 

 struck from one edge and 

 went clear across the 

 rounded side to the other 

 edge. As in the case of 

 the former (fig. 85), it is 

 not the single flake that 

 excites our admiration, but 

 that it should have been 

 repeated with precision 

 and exactitude from one 

 end of the implement to 

 the other and on both 

 sides. These flakes are 

 about If inches in length, 

 ^ inch in width, and about 

 as thick as parchment. 

 Fifteen ofthese flakes have 

 been struck from each side 

 of this implement — thirty 

 in all. As in tig. 85, the 

 artist has repeated these 

 flakes with precision, diffi- 

 cult as it Avas, throughout 

 the entire work. Not only 

 was each flake like every 

 other, but the grouji of 

 flakes on one side of the 

 implement correspond to 

 tiie group of flakes on the 

 other side. 



lieference is made to the 

 dagger or poniard of flint 

 from Copenhagen (Plate 

 22) as a particularly fine 

 specimen of flint chipping 

 from Scandinavia. Fig. 87 

 represents a similar imple- 

 ment from the United 

 States, which, though not 

 so good, is submitted for 

 comparison. It is of the 

 white flint, or rather chert 

 with pink patina, from 



