. The ancient stone implements, weapons, and ornaments, of Great Britain. li. -Fig. 413.— Wookey Hyaena Den. A less artistically worked. It is 2f inches long and lj inchesbroad, and may be compared with that from Kents Cavern shownin Fig. 389. Other specimens were more of the sling-stone ,: 474 CAVE IMPLEMENTS. [CHAP. XXII. form; in addition to which there were numerous flakes andsplinters of flint and chert. One flake, which, though ithas lost its point, is still 2| inches long, has been trimmed bysecondary chipping on the flat face, slightly so along one side, buton the other, over half the
. The ancient stone implements, weapons, and ornaments, of Great Britain. li. -Fig. 413.— Wookey Hyaena Den. A less artistically worked. It is 2f inches long and lj inchesbroad, and may be compared with that from Kents Cavern shownin Fig. 389. Other specimens were more of the sling-stone ,: 474 CAVE IMPLEMENTS. [CHAP. XXII. form; in addition to which there were numerous flakes andsplinters of flint and chert. One flake, which, though ithas lost its point, is still 2| inches long, has been trimmed bysecondary chipping on the flat face, slightly so along one side, buton the other, over half the surface of the flake, which is 1^ incheswide near the base. When perfect, this instrument was probablymuch like that from Kents Cavern, Fig. 391. Both its edgesshow considerable signs of wear by use. Another form describedby Mr. Boyd Dawkins is roughly pyramidal, with a smooth and flatbase, and a cutting edge all round, much like an instrument foundin the cave of Aurignac by Mons. Lartet. Of this form there weretwo examples, both made of chert from the Upper Greensand. T
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