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Greenlaw. (3) Water-worn pebble of reddish quartz, of 

 circular form, 5^ inches in diameter, with one face ground 

 smooth and flat, and a smooth hollow depression formed in 

 the centre, found at Jordanlaw, Westruther. (4) Hammer (?) 

 of greenstone, a naturally-shaped pebble only, 5|- inches in 

 length, abraded at each end, with rough pecking on each 

 of two opposite sides, as if for a haft-hole, found on the 

 farm of Dykegatehead, Whitsome. 



Quern Stones. — (1) Upper stone of conical form, found in 

 the wall of an old garden at Lauder. (2) Lower stone, found 

 among shrubbery on East Hill, Longcroft. (3) Upper stone? 

 of unusual thickness, with hole in the edge, probably for the 

 finger, found at East Addinstone. (4) Upper and lower 

 stones of a quern of micaceous stone, found in 1860 in an 

 old well at Huntington. 



Whorls. — The whorls exhibited from Berwickshire number 

 about twenty-five in all, and, with two or three exceptions, 

 are uuornamented. The bulk of these were found in the 

 neighbourhood of Earlston, and others at Bemersyde, Huntshaw, 

 Lauder, West Morriston, Greenlaw, and elsewhere. 



Miscellaneous Stone Implements. — ( 1 ) Two rough balls of 

 sandstone, each 3 inches in diameter, one found in a drain, 

 6 feet deep, at Wedderburn Castle, the other found in Duns 

 Public Park. (2) Small sinker of limestone, grooved on each 

 face and hollowed on the base, found at Duns. (3) Disc of 

 sandstone, 3J inches in diameter and ^ an inch thick, with 

 the periphery and each face ground smooth, found at West 

 Foulden. (4) Half of a small vessel of steatitic stone, 3J 

 inches in outside diameter, ornamented on the outside by 

 two incised parallel lines, found at Morriston, Earlston. (5) 

 Hammerstone of greenstone, flattish-oval in shape, 3f by 3f 

 inches, with faint hollow on each face and the periphery 

 abraded by use, found at Lauder. (6) Whetstone of silicious 

 sandstone, 3^ inches in length, with perforation at one end for 

 suspension, found at West Morriston, Berwick. (7) Hammer- 

 stone of gritty sandstone, flattish circular in form, 3;^ inches 

 in diameter, much worn by use round the periphery, found 

 at Gordon. (8) Hammerstone of quartzite, cylindrical shaped, 

 2f inches in length, with marks of use on each end, found 

 at Huntshaw, Earlston. (9) Seven whetstones, mostly oblong 



