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original character. Indeed in some cases, as on the handles of the knives 

 and forks, the former presence of metal is indicated only by a green stain 

 on the handle and a rusty concretion where the blade was fixed. 



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Fig. 19. A bronze spur referred by Mr Kedfern to the late 17th 

 century. 



Bone 



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Fig. 20. A bone skewer pointed at one end only. 



Fig. 21. The horn of a sheep sawn off near the base as shown by the 

 internal structure. As I have never found any instrument formed of or 

 hafted in sheep's horn, this was probably cut off to trim a head which was 

 being served up whole. This raises the question as to whether we are 

 right in supposing that when we find the antlers of deer sawn off it may 

 not have often been for a similar purpose, and not always with a view to 

 making use of the horn. 



