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  repeated 
  chipping 
  to 
  a 
  pretty 
  regular 
  straight 
  line, 
  while 
  the 
  rest 
  is 
  

   decidedly 
  a 
  wavy 
  line, 
  the 
  result, 
  it 
  would 
  seem, 
  of 
  preliminary 
  dressing. 
  

  

  c 
  The 
  implements, 
  many 
  of 
  which 
  I 
  left 
  on 
  the 
  ground, 
  lie 
  scattered 
  

   irregularly 
  over 
  the 
  denuded 
  area 
  ; 
  but 
  I 
  was 
  struck 
  by 
  the 
  more 
  

   frequent 
  occurrence 
  of 
  these 
  as 
  well 
  as 
  of 
  chips 
  around 
  some 
  low 
  

   hummocks 
  of 
  gneiss 
  rising 
  out 
  of 
  the 
  surrounding 
  ferruginous 
  gravel 
  

   and 
  laterite 
  on 
  the 
  northern 
  side 
  of 
  the 
  denuded 
  area. 
  I 
  noted 
  three 
  of 
  

   these 
  hummocks 
  of 
  protruding 
  rock 
  at 
  short 
  distances 
  from 
  each 
  other, 
  

   and 
  beside 
  these 
  were 
  evidences 
  of 
  stone 
  chipping/ 
  

  

  The 
  unworn 
  condition 
  of 
  the 
  majority 
  of 
  the 
  implements, 
  therefore, 
  

   proves 
  plainly 
  they 
  could 
  not 
  have 
  been 
  drifted 
  from 
  any 
  great 
  distance. 
  

   This, 
  combined 
  with 
  the 
  remarkable 
  collocation 
  of 
  so 
  many 
  implements, 
  

   both 
  finished 
  and 
  unfinished, 
  together 
  with 
  large 
  numbers 
  of 
  the 
  latter, 
  

   points 
  strongly 
  to 
  the 
  conclusion 
  that 
  the 
  implement-folks 
  had 
  carried 
  

   on 
  their 
  work 
  on 
  that 
  very 
  spot 
  or 
  at 
  only 
  a 
  slight 
  distance 
  from 
  it. 
  

  

  For 
  other 
  details 
  concerning 
  the 
  occurrence 
  of 
  the 
  implements 
  

   in 
  this 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  Madras 
  country, 
  and 
  for 
  further 
  archaeological 
  specu- 
  

   lations 
  on 
  the 
  subject, 
  the 
  reader 
  is 
  referred 
  to 
  the 
  three 
  papers 
  before 
  

   quoted. 
  

  

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