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for which we find commonly a sub-triangular scheme corresponding to an "edge"-carrying side, a slope to a point and a back-slope (here to a butt). The "edge" is the meeting of two bevelled surfaces, one on each face to a depth of about 8-9 mm. Over the rest of the faces there is a vague smoothen- ing except on the lumpy "grip". The edge is not straight but very slightly convex and it finishes at either end in a blunt surface as if the movement that produced it suddenly changed at a right angle. The face shown in Plate 11, A gives us the typical feature of this whole group, the resemblance to a protoneolith in that the "edge" is the only section fully worked out: the other boundaries are left untrimmed or only roughly blocked out: the faces are not polished down to a smooth surface. This face is worked on three different cleavage planes, the deepest being that on which "27" is written, the second plane that to the right and the nearest is to be seen at the bottom of the figure: this last merges with the first at the line of the bevel. It is to be noted that if the lower section were to be cut off, what would
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Stone polisher (?) as in Plate 11, A. Note that all sections show front face to left of vertical sections and above in horizontal sections.
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F. A stone form, possibly intended for use scythe, but material is of the mica-schist type used for "stone-saws."
be left agrees almost exactly in shape and size with the complete piece Plate 1 B. On the reverse side, there is a lump of rock left protruding, presumably to make a grip, on the area corresponding to the second plane described above. The section shows how distinctly the piece is of the “backed- blade" type.
The Hong Kong Naturalist.