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The cliisel pick mentioned above was found by Mr Charles Kirk on 

 the quarry site. It is made of iron-impregnated sandstone, which 

 appears and rings like metal. It has been worked rudely into shape 



Fig. 25— Implement used in cutting steatite; from the Olney quarry. 



by flaking, and then iinished apparently by gxinding. It is 8 inches 

 long, 3 inches wide, and half an inch thick, and would appear to be 

 one of the most effective tools of its class yet found. I was so fortu- 

 nate as to find on this site the small chisel shown in a, plate xciv, 

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