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FIG. 28. 



Gc. DOUBLE-EDGED CONCAVE SCRAFEK, Wl'iH A 



VERY SHORT, POINTED TONGUE. Uid Beach. 



The last of the specimens included . in this group is 

 rather a peculiar one- Its general outline is triangular; 

 the butt^end rather broad, somewhat rounded; the upper 

 end pointed, but rounded off. The two side edges are 

 fairly concave, and on the Indical side is a median ridge. 

 This implement bears the greatest similarity ■^o the 

 langues-de-chats of the French Archaeologists. This type 

 is not very common, but it is obvious tliat it belongs to 

 the gi-oup of the double-edged concave scrapers. 



FIG. 29. 

 Ge. DOUBLE-EDGED CONCAVE SCRAPER (Langue- 

 de-(fhat). Melton Mowbray. 



H. COMBINATION IMPLEMENTS. 



The necessity of dealing with these implements under 

 a separate heading may, peiiaaps, be questioned, inasmuch 

 as numerous other specimens have most probably been 

 utilised for different purposes. There ai'e, however, some 

 very peculiar siDecimens among this group, which axe 

 '-■ptter kept separate from the others. The most common 

 form these implements take is that one or two edges have 

 been used as concave scrapers, while the other served as 

 chopper or knife. The following is a very illustrative ex- 

 am-ple. 



FIG. 30. 



H. TYPICAL COMBINATION IMPLEMENT. LEFT 

 EDGE USED AS SCRAPER OR CHOPPER. 

 (NOTE THE SEMLCIRCULAR SHAPE. LOWER 

 EDGE AS CONCAVE SCRAPER.) Melton Mow- 

 bray. 



- It is easy enough to imagine that with an implement 

 of the above kind, a wooden spear could be manufactured 

 irom start to finish without any other tool being required. 



4. THE USE OF THE AMORPHOLiTHlC IMPLE- 

 MENTS. 



It is only too natural that the inquiring mind turns 

 towards the question of utilisation when a collection of 

 these amorphous stone implements is examined. To our 



