. Across Australia . joh. ( ill iTi\<; \ (i( k i II [III ml I I, n:ii ik h i i,i;r\i I iW N I I I l-i ikM \\ \\l -111. Nil. \KI; \\l I \i; \ I kllll,.. ■ W I. \|i. \\ \l; 1; \M I \i ,.\ 1 1^ I l;l A |.,iiii,iU\ L;niunil a\c-he;iil i, Ijiiii; Ijc^idc the grmds;orn;. XVI LIFE IN THE WARRAMUNGA CAMP 369 single satisfactory axe. Every quarry is strewn roundwith such discarded attempts, which, amongst Australiancollections, are technically known as blanks. When the preliminary flaking was over there followedthe tedious process of levelling the surface. In someparts of Australia the ge
. Across Australia . joh. ( ill iTi\<; \ (i( k i II [III ml I I, n:ii ik h i i,i;r\i I iW N I I I l-i ikM \\ \\l -111. Nil. \KI; \\l I \i; \ I kllll,.. ■ W I. \|i. \\ \l; 1; \M I \i ,.\ 1 1^ I l;l A |.,iiii,iU\ L;niunil a\c-he;iil i, Ijiiii; Ijc^idc the grmds;orn;. XVI LIFE IN THE WARRAMUNGA CAMP 369 single satisfactory axe. Every quarry is strewn roundwith such discarded attempts, which, amongst Australiancollections, are technically known as blanks. When the preliminary flaking was over there followedthe tedious process of levelling the surface. In someparts of Australia the general surface of the axe is left ina rough condition and only the cutting edge is furthertreated—a larger or smaller, sometimes a very small, partonly being ground and polished ; but amongst theCentral tribes it is usual to work on the whole this purpose the operator took a small roundedpebble of quartzite and, hour after hour for a day or twoin succession, he patiently hammered, or rather tapped,unceasingly on the rough surface, each tap removing aminute fragment of the stone, until it was covered overwith little dents and all the irre
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