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from ovoid pebbles, usually of quartzite, by boring shaft-holes 

 through their centres.' The specimen Sir John figures (p. 228) 

 from Redgrave Park is somewhat similar to this specimen. 



The next specimen (fig. 6) is a perforated adze, the cutting 

 edge being at right angles to the perforation, and it is in all 

 probability a forgery. At the opposite end to the cutting 

 edge the weapon is flattened for use as a hammer. It is made 

 of basalt. There is no specimen like it figured in Sir Sohn 

 Evans' ' Stone Implements.' It has been in the Museum many 

 years, and is labelled as found on the Isle of Axholrne. It is 

 5j inches in length, i\ inches deep, the length of the cutting 

 edge is 2J inches, width of hammer end ij inches, and diameter 

 of perforation ij inches. It weighs i lb. 4 ozs. It seems to be 

 a. piece of ' Flint Jack's ' workmanship. 



An unusually fine axe head of greenstone, with squared 

 edges, is shown in fig. 7. It is from Barlings, near Lincoln. It 

 is 5| inches long, i|- inches thick, the length of the cutting edge 

 is 2 J inches, and the axe weighs 14 J ozs. It is made from a fine 

 grained greenish volcanic ash, from which material so many 

 of the East Yorkshire axes have been worked. 



Fig. 8 is an illustration of a beautifully-made implement 

 of flint, the outside of Vv^hich had become weathered before the 

 axe was made. It has a well-sharpened cutting edge, is 3J 

 inches long, if inches wide, and has a depression carefully 

 worked in one side which appears to indicate that it may have 

 been intended for use as a hand implement ; the hollow enabling 

 one to obtain a very good grip. I was fortunate to pick it up 

 amongst the chalky gravel forming the upper part of the section 

 in the side of the railway at Donnington-on-Bain, near Louth, 

 in 1897. It resembles very much the polished celt from Santon 

 Downham, Suffolk, figured in Sir John Evans' book already 

 referred to (p. 99). 



A rather fine barbed arrow, or spear-point, of flint, is shown 

 in fig. 9. This was found at South Ferriby, on the Humber 

 shore, and is rather more slender in shape than weapons of this 

 kind usually are. It is made of the dark flint obtained from the 

 •drift, which is totally different in nature from the flint occurring 

 in the local chalk. The implement is if inches long, and \\ 

 inches wide across the barbs. Unfortunately, a very small 

 piece is missing from the point and from one of the barbs. 



A type of implement found in fair numbers on the chalk 

 wolds of Yorkshire is shown in figs. 10 and 11. These consist of 



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