20 Harry D. Gower on 
5.—Fuints rounp at Wappon Mars. 
By Harry D. Gower. 
(Read Tuesday, May 19th, 1903.) 
Wuen Mr. Clinch, the Honorary Secretary of the Anthropo- 
logical Section of the Society, intimated to me that the few flints 
(Fig. 1, Plate) I had discovered, with one or two very small pieces 
of pottery, at Waddon Marsh, were of considerable importance, 
and suggested that I should exhibit the objects, and read a short 
note of the find, at our monthly meeting, I felt at the moment, 
and do now, that he, being well versed in the matter, could make 
a much more presentable record of the subject than myself, and 
to whom also I must tender my thanks for a note upon the small 
pieces of pottery found in September, 1902. 
But, to be brief, I will give you, in as few words as possible, 
the facts of this small find. 
Last year, when the Waddon caves were discovered, I may 
perhaps not be wrong in stating that some amount of disappoint- 
ment was felt from the lack of interesting material they yielded ; 
certainly we got pieces of pottery, and also flints showing use, 
and also other traces; but apart from this, nothing in the way of 
those nicely chipped flints and arrow-heads and finished weapons 
one might expect to find in or around caves of this sort; and the 
question may naturally arise, Have these caves ever, at some 
later period, been disturbed ? 
This is a question I am not prepared to discuss, but, the fact 
of this question crossing my mind, I made a careful examination 
of some earth at Waddon Marsh that was being excavated and 
carted away, with the result of finding a carefully-worked lance- 
head, as shown upon the table this evening; the finding of this 
implement gave me fresh energy, with the result of further finds, . 
which are also shown. I might mention, that a good many of 
the flints have not been found without some amount of labour, 
and also with the kindly help of several of our members in 
sifting and examining the soil, which is about 18 to 24 in. thick, 
before we come to the gravel, or, might I say, neolithic floor ? 
Also amongst it, some few small pieces of pottery were also 
found, a piece of which I submitted to Mr. G. Clinch, and he 
kindly reported to me as follows :— 
‘* Note on Pottery found at Waddon Marsh, in September, 1902. 
‘*T have carefully examined, with the aid of the microscope, the 
fragments of pottery found at Waddon Marsh, and find that the 
