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sometimes in two directions ; they vary, however, very much in form. Mr. 

 Charlesworth has asked a question as to the highly elaborated Danish 

 implements. It certainly has been a puzzle to define what use could be 

 made of some of the more delicate spear-heads : I have some, but 

 have not brought them here to show you. They are so delicate in form 

 that a very small amount of violence would suffice to break them ; but at 

 the same time they might, when fitted as spears, be used as very formidable 

 weapons against naked flesh. I cannot say, however, that they were ever 

 used in battle against naked savages ; it is of course doubtful whether in 

 such a climate as ours they would have had to encounter only naked flesh. 

 I would suggest whether it is not possible that some of the highly elaborated 

 implements may have been intended simply for ornamental or state purposes, 

 and perhaps, for interment with the dead. I believe that some of the more 

 elaborate New Zealand weapons of the present day are merely state imple- 

 ments — I allude to some of the finely-edged tools found in that country; but 

 of this I am not quite certain. With regard to what has been said about 

 " Flint Jack " and the forgery of flint implements, I may say that I have 

 also had experience of what " Flint Jack " could do in this way. I saw a 

 good deal of that individual a few years before his death, and he made a 

 large number of implements for me, I remember that on one occasion I 

 gave him a soda-water bottle, which he broke up and made into some 

 very beautiful arrow-heads and other implements. He also manufactured, 

 out of some of the iron slag of the district, some forgeries which any one not 

 acquainted with the appearance of the genuine articles would have said must 

 have come from the obsidian district of Mexico. No one, however, who 

 is practically acquainted with the true implements is likely to be taken in 

 by forgeries, however skilfully manipulated. The forger cannot give what is 

 called the patin, which is the white surface produced on the flint by age and 

 exposure. These implements from Spiennes could not have been forged, 

 because no forger could produce the white surface they possess. If you were 

 to break one you would find that the white film is a mere coating. Very 

 small and thin implements might, however, be forged by chipping ofi" the 

 patin from highly weathered flints, in which the process has gone some 

 depth. In some cases this extends to nearly half an inch, so that it would 

 not be difficult to get a piece large enough to make a small arrow-head. A 

 large implement could not, however, be obtained in this way. I have one or 

 two forgeries of implements from St. Acheul : they were made by some of 

 the most celebrated forgers of that district, but' it is found that in the old 

 flints there is a high gloss which cannot be found on the recently fractured 

 specimens, the latter being of a dull appearance and not at all glossy. There 

 are, however, some kinds of flint out of which implements might be forged 

 so as to deceive connoisseurs, the grey flints from which they could be made 

 being dull even after having been for a long time exposed to the air. But 

 as a rule, the forgery has a totally diff'erent surface from that presented by 

 the genuine implement, and the signs of weather-staining, such as are seen in 

 the implements on the table, cannot be produced by forgers. Another question 



