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the trough between dunes, where the sand had blown away 

 and left the heavier pieces behind, as if they had been 

 screened out of the sand. The ashes of the fires were all 

 blown away, but the cracked and indurated stones which 

 the Indians had grouped around the embers told clearly 

 enough of the camp cooking. A few bones of guanaco, 

 ducks, and geese remained from the feasts. The flint 

 arrow-heads, knives, awls, and scrapers were so like those 



An Indian Hand Hammer, one-half actual size 



familiar to us in North America, that it was hard to believe 

 the makers were a different people, until we searched in 

 vain for the celts, pestles, and grooved hammer heads. 

 Instead, we found broken or perfect spherical bola balls, 

 which the Indians used (and still use except that the balls 

 are of wood) so skillfully. Gripping the raw hide cords 

 by which three balls are fastened together, they swing 

 them around their heads until the balls stand out from 



