intended weapon* Then. grasping the flint length-vise with 
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the closed fingers §t the left hand (fig. 44), the arrow- 
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mith carefully pressed off the flakes with an elongated 
i tone held in his right hand, until the desifdd- form 
and finish were obtained* A .pi 6c© of buckskin served 
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as a pad to protect the hand against the asperities of the 
point. 
”1 owe these details to an old chief who has been an 
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eye-witness to the operation* I should add that in not a 
few cases a moose molar tooth replaced the long chipping 
stone* 1 know also of a very few points the sharp edges of 
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which have been polished by friction. u 
a/~T%ther brace, Trans* Cariad* Ins tn* , Toronto, I&94 ,~IV7 6 
. The H$$ i cans a re © a i d to have 1 it; 1 d a piece of obsidian 
in the left hand and pressed it against the point of a 
small goat’s horn hied in the right? by moving It gently 
in different directions they chipped off small flakes ufhA 
the arrow wa. complete* This is a mere variant of Uu 
