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carry us long ages back in our history, I should still be far from 

 saying that we have as yet discovered the very earliest traces of 

 the existence of man upon the earth. 



EXPLANATION^ OF THE PLATES. 



PLATE IX. 



Fig. Neolithic Implements. 



1. Symmetrically-chipped, imground, celt. Eeach Fen, Cambridge. Scale, 



one-half. In the collection of the author. (' Ancient Stone Imple- 

 ments.' Fig. 23.) 



2. Celt, pointed and unpolished at the butt-end, and ground to a thin circular 



edge at the broad end. Near Mildenhall, Suffolk. Scale, one-half. 

 Coll. the author. (A.S.I. Fig. 32.) 



3. Celt of porphyritic greenstone, polished all over. Coton, Cambridge. 



Scale, one-half. Coll. the author. (A.S 1. Fig. 48.) 



4. Discoidal scraper made from a broad and short flake. Helperthorpe, 



Yorkshii-e Wolds. Natural size. Coll. the author. (A.S.I. Fig. 207.) 



5. "Duck-bill" scraper made from a flat flake. Near Cuckmere Haven, 



Sussex Downs. Natural size. Co/^. the author. (A.S.I. Fig. 213.) 



PLATE X. 

 Fig. Neolithic Implements. 



1. Unsymmetrical barbed flint arrow-head. Eddlesborough, near Tring, 



Herts. Natural size. Co^^. the author. (A.S.I. Fig. 315.) 



2. Lozenge-shaped arrow-head made from a flat flake. Grindale, Bridlington, 



Yorkshire. Natural size. Coll. the author. (A.S.I. Fig. 296.) 



3. Leaf-shaped arrow-head. Yorkshire Wolds. Natural size. Coll. Eev. 



W. Greenwell, F.R.S., F.S.A. (A.S.I. Fig. 282.) 



4. Small barbed arrow-head, with the ends cut straight. Yorkshire Wolds. 



Natural size. Co/^. Rev. W. Greenwell. (A.S.I. Fig. 312.) 



5. Barbed arrow-head, the ends forming an acute angle with the sides. 



Lamboi'ue Down, Berks, (from a barrow). Natural size. Coll. British 

 Museum. (A.S.I. Fig. 319.) 



Paljeglithic Implements. 



6. Flint flake, with both its edges re-chipped. Eedhill, Thetford. Scale, 



one-half. 6W/. the author. (A.S.I. Fig. 431.) 



7. Flint implement, worked to an edge all round. Near Dartford Heath, 



Kent. Scale, one-half. Coll. Mr. F. C. J. Spurrell, F.G.S. (A.S.I. 

 Fig. 456.) 



8. Acutely -pointed flint implement, with twisted blade. Hoxne, Suffolk. 



Scale, one-half. Coll. the author. (A.S.I. Fig. 450.) 



PLATE XL 



Neolithic celt. Bedmond, Abbot's Langley. Scale, one-half . Co?/, the author. 

 Paheolithic instrument. Bearton Green, Hitchin. Scale, one-half. Coll. 



the author. 

 Ditto. Fisher's Green, Stevenage. Scale, one-half. Coll. the author. 

 Ditto. No -Man's -Land, Wheathampstead. Scale, one-half. Coll. the 



author. 



5. Ditto. Railway- cutting, Knebworth. Scale, one-half. Coll. the author. 



6. Ditto. Ickleford, Hitchin. Scale, one-half. Coll. the author. 



7. Ditto. Brickfield, Hitchin. Scale, one-half. Coll. the author. 



8. Ditto. Bedmond Hill, Abbot's Langley. Scale, one-half. Co ??. the author. 



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