1 8 DarBISHIRE, Implements from the Kentish Plateau. 



EPITOME OF PROOFS. 



(i) The peculiar character {a) of the material used, and 

 (6) of the uniform and extreme 'patination' of most 

 specimens. 



(2) The peculiar shapes of the same, showing several 



separate designs 



{c) in lateral curves (like bites out of a cake), some- 

 times duplicated with a point left between. 



{d) in instruments with bold lateral curves on each 

 side of a strong, sometimes sharp, sometimes 

 obtuse point. 



{e) in flat flints, with chipped edges more or less all 

 round, and 



(/) in repudiation of a rambling dismissal of the 

 remains in question as "wastrels." 



(3) The peculiar and original fashion of chipping the flint 



perpendicularly through the thickness so as to remove 

 the natural edge (sharp and rough) of the stone, and 

 the general absence of work on the sides of the tool. 



(4) The collective facies of the mass, unembarrassed by 



admixture of forms known as palseolithic. 



(5) The accumulation of tools of each particular form (or 



"patent ") of all sizes, from |-inch to 10" by 8", and 

 weighing from |oz. to 5|lbs. 



EXPLANATION OF PLATES. 



Plate 3. Diagram showing denudation of the Weald and 

 chalk escarpments and Plateau drift. 



Plates 4 to 8. Photographs shewing characteristic forms 

 of implements. 



