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The Stoue Age in Greece. prehension (Fig. 23). The care with which the terminal sections of these instruments were dressed, suggests the notion that though F[G. 18. — Hammer. Actual Fig. 19,— Hammer. Diorite, Halfsi; they may now and then have played the part of grinders, their usual and chief use was to smoothe clay vessels before they went into the kiln. Whilst the wheel spun round, the downward pressure of the hand sufficed to distribute evenly the VOL. 1. K