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resemble scrapers of another shape which are still in use by the 
Esquimaux. In Case B 1 2, tablet 24, is the cast of such a modern 
scraper now in the Christy Collection, London ; the original is of 
lydite, mounted in a handle of fossil ivory. In Case E 2, No. 2, is a 
modern Esquimaux scraper of flint in its original handle of wood, 
grooved to receive the two first fingers and the thumb of the 
right hand; the other two fingers were doubled underneath the 
handle of the implement, which was pushed forward by the palm 
of the hand, and had a planing action. 
NEOLITHIC PERIOD. 
Ancient Pit-Dwellings near Salisbury, 
a 19, b 17, d ii, d 12, and h 6. 
In these Cases are shown the objects chiefly obtained in 1866 
from some interesting pit-dwellings explored by Mr. Adlam, at 
Highfield, near Salisbury; several specimens, however, were 
found in making the excavations for the Fisherton Waterworks 
in 1868. The pits are single, or in groups communicating with 
each other. They are of a beehive form, ranging in diameter 
at the base from 5 feet 6 inches to 7 feet, although in some 
exceptional cases they measure as much as 14 feet. The en- 
trance to each pit, or to each group of pits, appears to have 
been by a shaft of about 3 feet in diameter. 
The pits are carried to a depth of from 7 to 10 feet in the 
soil, which is a drift-gravel resting on chalk. The makers have 
studied the properties of the chalk, for they have enlarged their 
dome-like dwellings, when possible, beneath the looser gravel. 
A 19. 
Objects from the Pit-Dwellings at Highfield. 
Nos. 2, 3 and 4 are nodules of flint which have been used as 
hammers. 
No. 5 is a discoidal flint implement. 
No. II, 12, and 13 are flint implements. 
It is probable that the Highfield pit-dwellings do not strictly 
belong to the Stone period. 
H 6. 
No. I is a grain-rubber, a mere hollowed stone. No. 2 is 
part of a saddle-shaped grain-rubber or quern, the material used 
being upper green sandstone. 
