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liniid n.s'Minst tlio od^e of tlie palm on ^\ili(ll l!io flake li;>s. The pressure is 

 (Idwii, (if course, rather than up, mainly in order to avoid tlie flying cliips, 

 and tlie chips being left in the palm of the hand, absolutely necessitates tlu> 

 leather pad. Ishi works rapidly, reversing the flake often or not as conditions 

 re(piire. lie begins chipping at the point on the flake nearest the tool and 

 gradually works toward the farther end, and his best work appears to be done 

 when he is chipping in a direction from the point end of the arrowpoint toward 

 11i(> liase ralhcr than when, on r(n'('i's:d, he nuist work in the opposile direc- 

 tion — i. (■., ti-om Ihe base of Ihc arrowi>oint towai'd \ho iioint. Working- in (his 

 manner Isiii can flnisli ;in ari'o\\[ioint of average siz(> in half an hour, more or 



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Fig. 1S5. The aecouilary iinici'ss — chipping the olisidiuu. 



less, accoi-ding lo 1Iie nature of Ihi' substance he is working and also accordiicr 

 to the adai>1;d)ilily of llie Hake origiii.-illy selected. Having flnislicd, he jiro- 

 ceeds lo Ihe lui:d sle]). 



I'irsI of all, Ishi takes his leather pad, doubles il over the end of his left 

 Ihumli, ;ind lies it in place with a string. Tlien he grii)s Ihe arrowpoint near 

 the base, liolding it fii'nfly lietween the end of the protected thumb and ad- 

 joining index linger. With the right hand he directs the point of the notching 

 tool against the edge of the arrowpoint at the jilace where the notch is to be, 

 and by a sligjit i)ressure removes a small chip. The tool, as shown in jilate iii 

 [tig. 1S(')|. i,; held periieudicnlar to- the plane of the arrowpoint and is pushed for- 

 ward as if to be driven into the end of the thumb. For each miinitechip tlius re- 



