. The ancient stone implements, weapons, and ornaments, of Great Britain. Another form of implement, which is shown in Fig. 392 (No. 117), was found in 1865, in the second foot indepth, in the cave-earth of the GreatChamber. It appears best adapted forbeing held in the hand and used as ascraping tool, possibly in the preparationof skins for clothing; and has beenformed from a broad ridged flake, theridge of which is slightly curved, andruns obliquely along the instrument, Ithas been trimmed, by blows administeredon the flat face, into a pointed oval lormwith a bevelled edge all round, and this
. The ancient stone implements, weapons, and ornaments, of Great Britain. Another form of implement, which is shown in Fig. 392 (No. 117), was found in 1865, in the second foot indepth, in the cave-earth of the GreatChamber. It appears best adapted forbeing held in the hand and used as ascraping tool, possibly in the preparationof skins for clothing; and has beenformed from a broad ridged flake, theridge of which is slightly curved, andruns obliquely along the instrument, Ithas been trimmed, by blows administeredon the flat face, into a pointed oval lormwith a bevelled edge all round, and thisedge, towards the middle of one side ofthe blade, is rounded and worn away byuse. It is well adapted for being held DIMH^Omd. (117) * in thc hand a§ a gide scmper) and it ig precisely that part of the edge which would be most exposed %owear, if thus held, that is actually worn. This instrument is notunlike some of the boat-shaped implements of the Surface Period,but is broader and thinner in its proportions. Almost identical* Nilason, Stone Age, p 44. Suj)rt, p. TRIMMED FLAKKS FROM KENT S CAVERN. 453 forms have occurred in the Brixham Cave, and in that of Aurignac,explored by M. Lartet. Some of the trimmed flakes from the caveof Le Moustier, in the Dordogne, are of much the same character,but the edges are perhaps sharper, and the butt-end of the flakeis left of a more rounded form. I have an instrument of muchthe same general character, from the gravel of the valley of theLark, at Icklingham, Suffolk, but it is not so neatly or symmetri-cally finished, and the inner face of the flake is somewhat convex,instead of being concave. Another instrument, of nearly the same nature, is shown inFig. 393 (No. 3918). One of its sides is, however, muchstraighter than the other. The edge of this also is somewhatabraded by use. It is formed of flint, which has become white,
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