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Donnington, and Upper Slaughter. A few were picked up at 
Benborough and Scarborough. He has something like 1000 
specimens, beautifully mounted and classified on cards. Scrapers 
are most abundant. ‘The arrow-heads shew a marked difference 
in work and shape, and many of them have one side only partly 
made, or perhaps they have been broken, like figures 321, 322, 
and 323 in Mr Evans’ book; and they are more numerous than 
the leaf-shaped form. 
There are several, which apparently have been set in wood, 
with sharp chisel ends, and it has been suggested they may 
have been for sacrificial uses; some were probably needles ; 
others have serrated edges. 
There is a fine javelin, or spear-head ; two celt hatchets, 
which have been broken, and are now about half the natural 
size; and there is a remarkable flint core 2} inches long, with 
a naturally pointed end, with nearly one-half of the other end 
grooved out for the thumb, and a smaller groove underneath 
for the finger to rest in. 
The rarest form is that of the lozenge or shuttle, which is 
beautifully worked, like figures 298, 299, Yorkshire Wolds, page 
338—Evans. 
The large specimen on the card greatly interested me 
when I saw it in Mr Royce’s collection, and I am glad to find 
the opinion I then expressed that it was an igneous rock has 
been confirmed. It is a dolerite. From the rude character of 
the manner in which it was chipped I thought it might be 
Paleolithic. However, experts in London have, from the partly 
rubbed smooth face, pronounced it to be Neolithic. It cer- 
tainly to my mind seems to partake of a transitional character. 
I would call especial notice to the beautiful specimens on the 
three cards he has sent me, and in one there are several 
sacrificial knives. 
Mrs Dent, of Sudeley Castle, has kindly allowed me to in- 
spect her beautiful and well-arranged collection of Implements, 
which were found on the high ground on one side of Sudeley, 
at Belas Knap, and the neighbourhood, and on the other side 
of the valley from Sudeley Lodge round to Farmcote Wood. 
