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THE ZOOLOGIST. 



from some scientific directory, and offers to send some im- 

 plements on approval. Some of them may be genuine ; a few 

 are almost bound to be spurious. If asked to guarantee the 

 latter as genuine, the middleman will not do so, but will guarantee 

 that they came from a certain town or village, the Suffolk men 



Spurious Flint Arrow-heads. 



working chiefly from Brandon, Lakenheath, Eriswell, and Mil- 

 denhall. From 5s. 6d. to half-a-crown is generally asked for 

 these arrow-heads ; but, should the archaeologist know them to 

 be forged, one shilling or even sixpence will be taken, which is 

 by no means dear, when it is considered that oftentimes two or 

 three hours' skilled labour is involved in their production. As 

 many as ten varieties of spurious arrow-heads are made, the most 

 common types being leaf-shaped and barbed, the latter forming an 

 almost perfect equilateral triangle. The workmanship is, as a rule, 

 extremely beautiful. Mr. Frank Norgate, of Bury St. Edmunds, has 

 some splendid specimens which he himself made, A bluish-white 



