An examination of the instruments found in the kitchen-middens shows us that the flints are in general of a very imperfect type, with the exception, however, of the long splinters or knives, the workmanship of which indicates a considerable amount of skill.
Fig. 81 represents a flint knife from one of the Danish deposits, delineated in the Museum of Saint-Germain; and fig. 82 a nucleus, that is, a piece of flint from which splinters have been taken off, which were intended to be used as knives.
Fig. 81.—Flint Knife, from one of the Danish Beds.
Fig. 82.—Nucleus off which Knives are flaked.
We also give a representation of a hatchet (fig. 83) and a scraper (fig. 84), which came from the same source.