another stone. Some of the lumps of flint from which flakes 

 have been made are occasionally found, and are called cores. 

 The undressed flakes are supposed to have been applied to 

 several purposes, serving as knives for domestic use, and as spear 

 and arrow heads in the chase and in war. 



Flint Scrapers. These have been struck off the stone in the 

 same manner as the flakes previously described ; but, instead of 

 the sharp point and cutting edge, they have a thick end, which 

 has been chipped so as to have a rounded contour, convex on 

 one side and flat on the opposite face. These implements seem 

 suitable for scraping down the hides of animals, out of which 

 the clothing of that remote period was formed. Another class 

 of scrapers consists of those curious flints called hollow scrapers : 

 in these the scraping edge is concave, and generally serrated by 

 fine chipping. The object of these implements is not clearly 

 ascertained, but it has been suggested that they served for 

 scraping smooth the small branches of trees from which arrow 

 and spear shafts were made. See plate i, figs, i, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7. 



13 to 18 unmounted, and B101 to B246, mounted on cards 

 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. 



Oval or Elongated Scrapers, chipped round the margin, on the 

 thick convex side or back, and displaying the " bulb of percus- 

 sion" on the more or less flat face. B225, B226, B228, B229, 

 B234, and B244, are rudely tanged, or stemmed ; B219 and 

 235, are figured on plate 1, figs. 1 and 2. Size, f to 4 inches 

 long, f to 2 1 inches broad. 



19 and 20 unmounted, and B247 to B264, mounted on card 10. 



Transversely oblong Scrapers, sometimes called Side Scrapers. 

 One of the longer margins is usually thin and unchipped, the 

 opposite side being much thicker, rounded on the back, and 

 chipped. Some, however, have both margins chipped. B263 

 is figured on plate 1, fig. 3. Size, f to if inches long, if to 3^ 

 inches broad. 



B265 to B357, mounted on cards 11, 12, 13. 



Flint Implements, styled by Dr. John Evans, F.R.S., Hollow 



