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at Carnon and Pentuan, yielded unmistakable evidence of the 
presence of forest man. The deer horn implement to which I 
refer bears the original label : " Horn found about seven feet 
below the surface in excavating for the North Basin, Keyham." 
Its extreme length is eight inches, and its largest circumference 
the same ; while the base of the antler is three inches across. A 
mortise hole is driven in it 2 J inch long, by 1J- inch wide. The 
part of the horn which I assume formed the digging part of the 
implement has broken, but shows signs of subsequent wear. 
This tool naturally connects itself with the kindred implements 
found at Torbay and at Carnon. Opinions have differed as to 
whether we have in it a portion of a pick, or the haft of a celt or 
stone axe; but I have no doubt myself it is the former. The 
ancient flint workings at Brandon, in Suffolk, have yielded many 
examples of the natural deer horn used for digging purposes; 
the main stem of the antler being the shaft, and a tine the pick 
proper. Similar implements have been found in the mines of 
Cornwall ; but one unearthed in the Carnon stream works at a 
a depth of forty feet displays a marked advance ; for a mortise 
has been cut in the main shaft of the antler, and a tine inserted 
in the aperture in such a way as to produce a far stronger and 
more effective tool than the adaptation of a portion of a horn in 
its natural state could possibly supply. 
CARNON PICK. 
