The past in the present: what is civilisation? (1880)
Mitchell, Arthur, Sir, 1826-1909 · Edinburgh : D. Douglas · leaf 154
Fig. 99.—SheU Lamp,or Crusie. THE PAST IN THE PRESENT. 131 be still common in Forfarshire. An implement serving thesame purpose is sometimes made of hard wood or bone, butof whatever material it is made, it is called a stow. … Fig. 100.—Smoothing-stone from Hilderston, Linlithgowshire (5f inches in length).Gypseous alabaster. These rubbing stones are generally, I think, of the sameshape as the Fifeshire specimen (Fig. 98). Professor Duns
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