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heating-stone, marked a very rude state of social life, as it was thought 
to have subserved the purpose of raising the temperature of water or for 
roasting food when, there being no metals, the simple pottery of the 
period was not sufficiently good to resist the action of fire. That 
the early inhabitants of Sussex used flints almost exclusively for 
purposes of war and the chase there could be no doubt, and, in the 
hands of a patriotic and powerful race, the heavy and sharp weapons 
formed with it must have been most formidable. Other materials, 
ready of access and easily recognised, such as wood, bone, and horn, 
were likely also in daily use ; and although confined probably to their 
leaders, their burial places bore testimony that some of the metals, 
at allevents bronze, to alimited extent were not unknown ; but it was 
singular that at the flint-working sites, objects of metal were never 
found. 
These few details, suggested by a recent visit to Sussex, were 
intended, not as containing anything very new or exhaustive, but with 
the hope of obtaining more extended investigations, by such of the 
members as might prefer such pursuits, concerning these interesting 
relics of the later stone period in Britain, 
The paper was illustrated by specimens obtained from Cissbury 
and elsewhere. A very interesting discussion ensued, in the course of 
which many facts, confirmatory of Dr. Stevens’ views, were advanced 
by the President, Messrs. Saunders, Haselwood, G. Scott, T, H. Hen- 
nah, Howell, Robertson, Horne, W. H. Hallett, Penley, and Wonfor, 
and Dr. Massy. A hope was also expressed that systematic explora- 
tions would be made to elucidate an obscure page in our early history, 
Votes of thanks were given both to Dr. Stevens and Mr Wonfor. 
Mr. C. P. Smith announced the discovery of an umbelliferous 
plant, new to Britain, near the Race Hill. It was not only a new 
plant, but a new genus and species as well. 
