. The ancient stone implements, weapons, and ornaments, of Great Britain. 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
. The ancient stone implements, weapons, and ornaments, of Great Britain. 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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