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been used for pounding, and this suggests the simple explana- 

 tion that it was selected as of convenient size and shape and 

 used as a bruiser for some domestic purpose. 



Stone. 



Fig. 1. A broken hone in schistose rock. 



Fig. 2. Part of a hone of a fine grained sandstone. This has a smooth 

 handle which was probably also used for sharpening. 



Fig. 3. A small slate hone square in section with a cut round one 

 end and cross cuts from it across the end as if for tying a cord on in 

 order to suspend the hone. 



Fig. 4. A small flat slate hone partly perforated near one end. 



All these hones are smooth on three sides as if used for sharpening 

 knives, but fluted on the third side as if forks and skewers had been 

 rubbed on them. 



Fig. 5. A flattened circular pebble evidently out of the glacial drift as 

 it is covered with ice scratches. The edge is somewhat bruised as if it had 

 been used for pounding. A patch of fine sand is cemented on to it by 

 iron oxide. 



