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On a Flint Scraper. By James Hardy. 



restrained at Crossrig, and that one corner of the pedestal is 

 now lettered with fresh cut initials, and that the pillar itself has 

 not escaped the desecrating knife ; and the children are battering 

 it with stones. Some deep pits at each corner of the basal stone 

 were I am informed scooped out by a boy in former years. 

 They are blackened over now, but might without explanation be 

 mistaken for the pagan cup symbol.] 



On a Flint Scraper found on Qullane Links. By James 

 Hardy. 



This admirable example of a Flint Scraper — the finest I ever 

 examined — was picked up on Gullane Links and given to Mr 

 George H. Stevens, who handed it to me for record. It is now 

 in the Museum of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland, who 

 have favoured the Club with the wood-cut. 



The size of the Scraper is 2J by 

 If inches. The wood-cut is a front 

 and side view f of the actual size. 



The flint is a pale grey. The 

 Scraper has been formed of a thick- 

 ish slice, that has come off on one 

 side, now forming the back, with- 

 out a flaw, and has required no work- 

 ing : it is ridged on the back, 

 slightly curved in front, and worked 

 along both edges, as well as the 

 front. " It bears," writes Dr. Anderson, "a very suggestive 

 resemblance to some of the Esquimaux scrapers as figured by Sir 

 John Lubbock and Dr. Evans." 



