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been found portions of the horns of the elk and of deer be- 
longing also to extinct species, which bear obvious marks of 
the work of man’s hands: and in these we find the explana- 
tion we seek. 
«< Let me call your attention for a moment to the nature of 
those weapons. They consist for the most part of a portion 
of stags’ horn, from four to six inches in length, bored trans- 
versely for the reception of the handle, and at one end, or both, 
also bored for the reception of a stone point. Accompanying 
these, and in such a position that there can be no doubt of 
their having belonged to one another, are not only such 
prisms of flint as I allude to, but also small flint celts of ela- 
borate workmanship and polish. It is remarkable that the 
transverse or shaft hole is extremely small, and could have 
received only a frail handle ; but in one stance or in more it 
has been discovered that the point of the tyne was used for 
this purpose, and that thus a hammer, small, indeed, in its 
proportions, but efficient in the absence of defensive armour, 
was produced ; and, indeed, in some cases it is clear that the 
sharp point of the tyne itself was inserted in the longitudinal 
opening—thus making a formidable pick, which might be 
used not only for purposes of peaceful life, but also for pur- 
poses of offence. And, unless I have been greatly misin- 
formed, a skull has been exhumed in Sweden in which such a 
weapon was actually found inserted. The stone edge given 
to the horn weapon, and which we may suppose to be of some- 
what later introduction than the mere sharpened horn itself, 
was fixed in its place by the use of some cement, the compo-' 
sition of which is at this hour unknown to us. 
«The analogy of various savage tribes that armed their 
weapons with the edge of sharpened sharks’ teeth is borne out 
_ by the analogy of those bone weapons of the North which occa- 
sionally received their edge from the insertion of fittimg por- 
tions of flint. In the Museum at Copenhagen there is such a 
spear-head, and there are two knives, of elaborate workman- 
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