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plan of these old workings for chalk. He said that since he 

 made the remarks on these caves at the meeting on April 16th 

 (E.N., vol. xiii., pp. 263-4), ne Da< ^ received the plan shown. 

 An old friend of his, Mr. R. O. Heslop, F.S.A., of 

 Newcastle-on-Tyne, wrote to him asking if he knew anything 

 about these caves, and adding that Mr. T. E. Forster, a well- 

 known mining engineer of that city, was much interested in them. 



CHISLEHURST CAVES 



Plan of a small group of the more remote galleries, but thoroughly typical of the general 

 system of excavation. Scale 33 feet to one inch. 



From T. E. Foster's Plan. 



He (Mr. Holmes) sent to Mr. Heslop an account of these caves 

 resembling that given in the Essex Naturalist, which Mr. 

 Heslop forwarded to Mr. Forster. On May 13th, Mr. Forster 

 wrote expressing agreement as regards the modes of construction 

 and the objects of the makers of these Chislehurst Caves, and 

 very kindly forwarding the plan exhibited, which is dated 

 January, 1904. Being the work of a man specially qualified to 

 make an accurate plan of such workings, its testimony is 

 decisive. It clearly shows that whatever may be the apparent 



