MAN FROM THE FARTHEST PAST 
Hebrides, off the west coast of Scotland. This somewhat 
resembles a primitive plow in shape but is operated by 
one man, who uses it in much the same way as a spade. 
Closely similar implements have been reported from 
various other regions, both in ancient and modern times. 
These clearly constitute developments of the primitive 
Vic. 78. Korean three-man spade, still occasionally used in remote parts of the 
peninsula 
digging-stick on the one hand and forerunners of the plow 
on the other. They need, in fact, to make them plows, only 
the addition of a beam. 
Apparently a still further step in the evolution of the 
plow is the so-called “three-man spade,” still used in re- 
mote districts in Korea (Fig. 78). This consists simply of 
a heavy spade of crude form, with ropes attached by means 
of which two extra men add their strength to that of the 
wielder in thrusting it into the ground. What must have 
been a closely similar instrument, but worked by half a 
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