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| | 15992 part 1 |
 | | The expression 'I put my criss-cross on it,* used by the peasantry, is from this custom, so that the owner, being unable to readf, could always claim his own stick or spade by its marks. |
 | | Gamekeepers with us are in the habit of cutting notches on a stick to keep account of the number of game lolled during a shooting excursion, different notches being made for different kinds of game. |
 | | The number and great variety, however, of the systematic markings lead to the conclusion that in the majority of cases they were not the result of accident or chance, but of intentional workmanship, the uses of which certainly furnish food for conjecture, and must indicate the habits and propensities of the long-past Cave-folk. |
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