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meta-tarsals or meta-carpals. However, it has a clear scooped
cut, and the indication of another at its broken end.
The remaining examples to be considered are the two (fig. 6)
which Dr. Frank Corner obtained from Mortlake. Both of
these are imperfect, having been broken across the part where
the bone is weakened by the scooped cuts.
Another difference of detail is presented in the specimen (fig.
66), which has been pierced with two transverse holes at
FlG. 5.—THREE BONE OBJECTS FOUND IN LONDON (GUILDHALL MUSEUM).
the same end, one of which passes through the edge of the cut.
These holes are considerably larger than those of the Essex and
York examples, but are of the same neat and unworn appear-
ance.
Fig. 6a shows the proximal end of a meta-tarsal of ox,
which has cuts on the front and back, but is unpierced.
This last completes the series, which, although so restricted
in number, possesses some instructive variations. The only