34 RELIQULE AQUITANKLE. 



A. STONE IMPLEMENTS. 



A. PLATE IX. 



Two large, simple, untrimmed Flakes of Flint, from the Gorge d'Enfer (see 

 page 4), are here shown, such as are not uncommon in the Caves, having been 

 used for cutting and scraping, without any other preparation than having, perhaps, 

 one edge set in a piece of wood or horn for a handle or support. These almost 

 Strigil-shaped Flakes have been struck off blocks of flint like those figured in 

 A. PI. I., a flake at a blow. The upper ends on PI. IX. were uppermost in the 

 process of flaking : the " bulbs of percussion " are slight, and not visible in the 

 figures. 



Fig. 1. A long curved flake of opake, yellowish, granular flint, somewhat glazed. 

 The edges are irregularly chipped ; but some parts, especially on the left-hand 

 side of the figure, have been worn by use. 



Fig. la shows the ridge face, and fig. 16 the edge view of the flake. 



French millimetres. English inches. 



Length 174 6-850 



Breadth 38 1-496 



Thickness 10 0-394 



Fig. 2. A long curved flake of dark-grey granular flint ; similar in general 

 character to fig. 1. The straight portion of the left-hand edge in the figure is 

 sharp and finely jagged, and has probably been used. As an implement, this 

 flake could be conveniently held in the hand by the lower curved portion, and 

 the straight edge used for cutting or scraping. 

 Fig. 2 a shows the ridge face, and fig. 26 the edge view of the flake. 



French millimetres. English inches. 



Length 185 7-284 



Breadth 41 1-614 



Thickness 12 . 0-472 



