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Flints of this kind are among the most common of 

 prehistoric relies, and the nuiiil)er found in tliis locality 

 seems rather small in comparison with that of the 

 scrapers. It should be remembered that they are of 

 small size and not quite as conspicuous in the field as 

 the scrapers. Xor is it likely that scrapers were as well 

 taken cai-e of as the arrow-points, which were more 

 difficult to make. Ari-ows were used and lost on the 

 huntino" grounds rather than in the village, beyond the 

 limits of which the scrapers may not so often have 

 been taken. 



SPEARHEADS. 



There were also found thirty-two chipped fiint imple- 

 ments, which are supposed to have been used as spear- 

 heads. Only six specimens were entii-e. Ten were broken- 

 off points, six of the fragments had the base entire, and 

 ten had both the base and the point broken off. Three 

 different types may be distinguished in the lot. In two 

 of these types the left edge has been beveled upward 

 and the right edge downward in such a way that when 

 thrown the spear would tend to rotate from right to 

 left (Plate lY, figs. 1, 2, 3, 4, 6). In the other type 

 the chipping is equal on both sides of each edge and 

 the edge itself is sharper (Plate IV, fig. 5). There are 

 two kinds of the beveled spearheads. One has a base 

 wiiich is separated from the point by wide notches, evi- 

 dently intended for strengthening the attachment (Plate 

 IV, figs. 2, 4), while in the other kind the base is drawn 



