. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. Fig. 16. (A) Fig. 17 (!) Hatchet with a handle. Switzerland. Split stone with a handle. Switzerland. Splinters of silex from Waugen and from Moosseedorf, fitted late- rally into wooden handles, in the cleft of which they were fixed by means of pitch still in preservation, evidently represent saws. They are, if not neatly toothed, at least tolerably crenelated, so as to be as capable of sawing as they are incapable of cutting or cleaving. Mo
. Annual report of the Board of Regents of the Smithsonian Institution. Smithsonian Institution; Smithsonian Institution. Archives; Discoveries in science. Fig. 16. (A) Fig. 17 (!) Hatchet with a handle. Switzerland. Split stone with a handle. Switzerland. Splinters of silex from Waugen and from Moosseedorf, fitted late- rally into wooden handles, in the cleft of which they were fixed by means of pitch still in preservation, evidently represent saws. They are, if not neatly toothed, at least tolerably crenelated, so as to be as capable of sawing as they are incapable of cutting or cleaving. Moreover there is nothing else in Switzerland that could have been used as a saw, whilst bones, deer horn, and even stone, are frequently found with the mark of this instrument. In the North the saw is often rep- resented by pieces of flint in the shape of a crescent, of fine workman- ship, sometimes with well-defined teeth ; but this kind is wanting altogether in Switzerland. Here, on the other hand, the splinters of flint are frequently crenelated, whilst in the museums of the North they are sometimes seen with a natural edge quite sharp and fresh, as if they had not yet been used. At Waugen and at Moosseedorf have been found hatchets and wedges of stone, especially of serpentine, bearing the mark of a saw. As the rock did not split with a blow, as silex does, they were obliged to resort to the much more laborious alternative of the saw to shape their implements. Pieces commenced and others half finished display clearly the manner of procedure. Having chosen a rounded pebble of the desired rock, they began by sawing into it grooves of some milli- metres (about four hundredths of an inch) in depth, which cleterm- 1 Communicated by Mr. Silvius Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Smithso
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