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 A HISTORY OF BEDFORDSHIRE A chisel-ended example is illustrated in fig. 19, and four views of another beautiful example of the same class in fig. 20. In fig. 21 is represented a well-made acutely pointed implement, a rare form in south Bedfordshire, and in fig. 22 is a sketch of a very rough specimen from the same deposits with the highly finished examples, showing that rudeness alone is no criterion of age. This specimen was probably made by a beginner, or in some sudden emergency. Tools of this class do not indicate stages of evolution from lower to higher forms ; they are simply failures, make-shifts, attempts on intractable flints, or accidental abortions, made by the men 152