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undoubtedly a clever impostor. The collecting clergy Avere his 

 mark, but how some could be taken in, showed they had more 

 money than brains. His pottery was rough in the extreme. His 

 tools were good and rather numerous." As to his methods of 

 manufacturing stone axes, Mr. Elliott states that he first chiselled 

 the stone to a wedge-shape, then rubbed it smooth with " grit 

 stone," and finished it off with law cow-hide. These 

 "celts" sold at about 10s. each. His rings were drilled, 

 and then reduced by a file. When finished they looked 



Sjauious Flint Anowlieads and Sj)carlic3ads ; made in SuH'olk 

 in 1890, ^ size of originals. 



like jet that had been buried. His photograph was taken at 

 Stamford, and as many as 40 a day were sold at Is. each — the 

 2)rofits being equally divided between Mr. A. C. Elliott, the 

 photographer, and " Flint Jack." The last-named seems to have 

 disappeared about 1873, and is said to have died in a workhouse, 

 probably Pocklington, or one of the others in East Yorkshire. 

 Anything more definite I have been unable to find. 



