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with part of the iron sword still in it, found near Carham, on 
the Tweed, and three have been found in Yorkshire; they 
are, however, of very uncommon occurrence. The arrow was 
always tipped with flint, indeed I do not know of a single 
instance of a bronze arrow-head being found in England, 
one recorded by Sir R. C. Hoare as an arrow-point being 
really a miniature dagger. The contemporaneous use of 
metal and stone for various purposes is a certain fact. 
Bronze daggers and pins are found frequently associated 
with flint arrow-heads, knives and scrapers, in the same 
grave. Nor have I any doubt that, for certain purposes, 
flint was used for some weapons and implements to the close 
of the bronze period. And the explanation of the particular 
use of each appears to be this. Bronze was, of course, a 
valuable material, and was probably not in the possession of 
every one, but the same person had also articles both of it 
and of flint ; those that he kept by him, such as his sword, 
dagger, or spear, were made of bronze, such as he threw from 
him, as the arrow, were made of flint, the commoner material. 
A sharp flint was almost as useful as one of metal to scrape 
down bone into pins and other implements, or to prepare 
hides with, by removing the hair ; and, therefore, for such 
purposes it was ordinarily used, bronze knives being very 
scarce. Sling-stones of flint and other stone are very abun- 
dant, not only about fortified places, but scattered over the 
surface of the ground, with arrow-heads and other flint 
objects. 
It remains to mention a very important weapon of offence, 
the chariot. Five specimens of such have been found, in 
each case buried with the owner. From *the greater part 
being made of wood and so gone to decay, it is impossible to 
say what were the exact shape and size ; enough, however, in 
bronze and iron has remained to give us some idea of it. 
The wheels have been nearly three feet in diameter, one had 
