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Advantajres of the 

 Process 



tii£>e that the stone to be shaped can be readily and 

 quickly adjusted to the strokes of the hammer, so 

 that the strokes follow one another in rapid succes- 

 sion, and the work in skilled hands progresses with much celerity. 

 The practice of this method has been observed among many tribes 

 of the aborigines, and the refuse of the workshops where chipped 



Fig. 145. 



Fliut Working by Isbi, a Yahi Indian of California. 

 Flolmes Anniversary Volume, opp. p. 398. 



Nelson, in the 



implements were roughed out, especially those associated with the 

 great quarries, afford ample opportunity for the study of the work 

 in all its phases. 



We are fortunate in having an example of the practice of this 

 particular process by the Indians of to-day (fig. 145). 



