46 AWLS. 



might have been more easily effected by twisting the 

 feathers on the shaft. It should be remembered in this 

 connection that if the point were not also twisted in a 

 rotating spear, its penetration would no doubt be less, 

 as the cutting edge would be made to traverse a plane 

 which would always be more or less oblique to the 

 plane^of the point itself. 



AWLS. 



About a dozen implements of flint were of such form 

 as to suggest a use like that of the awl, for making- 

 perforations through hides. These had an extended 

 sharp point from half an inch to an inch in length. 



Fig. 17. Awls made from flint. Very slightly reduced. 



about three sixteenths of an inch in width, and almost 

 the same thickness, extending from a base of variable 

 shape (Fig. 17). In one instance this base showed that 

 the implement had been made from a scraper. These 

 points can readily be used for making stitches through 

 leather and, if proper care be taken, for boring small 

 holes in soft wood. 



