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chipping out the hollow for the hook was adopted, which 
answered equally well for catching some kinds of fish ; but 
to land the great sturgeon, cod-fish, and ling, must have 
required the best flint implement they could manufacture. 
I haTe found also a great many spear-points, of a peculiar 
shape, that appear more appropriate for spearing fish than 
for the purpose of war, and I have little doubt that the 
fishermen in those days resorted to this means of securing 
some of the flat fish that lay on the sand, and those which 
will not take bait on a hook. 
Added to these two methods of catching fish, there is little 
doubt that they made nets. 
TOOLS. 
In describing the diflerent sets of tools which were used 
for various purposes, in my last Paper, I did not explain the 
variations of form which those tools had undergone during 
the period that the first tribes were inhabiting Bridlington ; 
but I should not convey a correct idea of the active state of 
their minds in that very early age, and how much we inherit 
from them, if I left this untouched. 
Amongst some of the best known implements in museums 
are the soft stone hatchets, which, from their size and excellent 
shape and finished form, have always been preserved by the 
ploughmen, and appreciated by the public. Real stone 
hatchets of this kind are, some of them, beautifully formed 
and finished, but they are all of them of a much later date 
than the flint implements which are found at Bridlington, 
as they did not exist before the grinding stone had been 
invented, as their surface bears sufficient evidence. 
I have found a very ancient hatchet, that discloses its age 
by its form as well as its finish ; it is quite distinct from 
those which are found outside the boundary of my search, 
from being made sharp-edged at the side, instead of at the 
end ; and it is slightly curved at one end of the cutting edge. 
