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Figures 47 and 48 represent two allied forms of slender 
stemmed arrowheads, allied to each other and to the preceding two 
varieties. They are of slate, moderately well made and of a length 
that suggests the spearhead as well as arrow. They are, neither. 
as frequently met with as the preceding forms, with prolonged 
stems ; but cannot be called rare forms. It has been suggested by 
an esteemed contributor to the Naruratist, that these broadly 
based forms were used as target arrows, the stem only perfo- 
rating the target, and so they were not lost. But we do not believe 
so much work would be spent upon arrowheads, for such a purpose 
only, and opine the prehistoric infants 
learned to shoot by other methods. In- 
deed, such must have been the mode of 
life at this time, that it was a matter tof 
killing or starving, and under such circum- 
Stances man’s capabilities to climb, run or 
shoot correctly are very quickly and thor- 
oughly developed. Indeed, correctness of 
aim may have been inherited then, as well 
as faculties we now possess are inherited 
by us. 
Figure 49 represents a variety of arrow- 
head, of which we have only seen the one 
Specimen. Beautifully wrought in dull 
green jasper, it has the slender stem of the 
"mediately preceding forms, with barb- 
projections immediately above the 
It is most unfortunately broken, so 
as $0 render it impossible to determine 
all its features. Probably, the barbs were 
hot repeated lower down, and the specimen was broken very near 
the original termination. Unlike the other elongated-stemmed 
Natural size. 
Specimens, this is thin and flat, and the whole aspect is that of a 
delicate, easily broken form. This fact makes us doubtful about its 
as an harpoonhead ; although it would be most admirably 
2 adapted for such use had the base been sufficiently prolonged to 
_ Permit the Side projections to operate as barbs. We do not find in 
_ 1 SSon’s work on the “Stone Age in Scandinavia” any harpoon- 
Point that resembles this, which more naturally suggests that use, 
any of the specimens he figures as having been so used. It 
