. The ancient stone implements, weapons, and ornaments, of Great Britain. Fig. 414.—Biddenham, Bedford. 32 482 RIVER-DRIFT IMPLEMENTS. [CHAP. XXIII. fit Fig. 414, though worked to a wedge-like point, is very massive, weighingsomething over H lbs. The butt-end has been roughly chipped into form,and has some sharp projections left upon it, so that it can hardly havebeen intended to be simply held in the hand when used, but was eithermounted in some manner, or else some means were adopted for protectingthe hand against its asperities. The other specimen, Fig. 415, still. Fig. 415.—Biddenham, Bedf
. The ancient stone implements, weapons, and ornaments, of Great Britain. Fig. 414.—Biddenham, Bedford. 32 482 RIVER-DRIFT IMPLEMENTS. [CHAP. XXIII. fit Fig. 414, though worked to a wedge-like point, is very massive, weighingsomething over H lbs. The butt-end has been roughly chipped into form,and has some sharp projections left upon it, so that it can hardly havebeen intended to be simply held in the hand when used, but was eithermounted in some manner, or else some means were adopted for protectingthe hand against its asperities. The other specimen, Fig. 415, still. Fig. 415.—Biddenham, Bedford. shows the natural crust of the flint at its truncated end, and is welladapted for being held in the hand when used. Other specimens from the Biddenham Pit are engraved on the scale ofone-half linear measure in Figs. 416 to 418. The whole, with the exception of Fig. 417, are in the collection ofMr. Wyatt. I1-- ll(> is of ochieows cherty flint, symmetrically chipped, andBhowing a portion of the original crust of the flint at the base. Itsangles are sharp, and not water-worn. In character it much resembles EIDDEXHAM, BEDFORD. 483 many of the implements from the valley of the Little Ouse, and fro***St. Acheul, near Amiens.
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