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lands where the top layers of turf had been stripped away. 

 About six inches below the surface mould immediately above 

 the angular debris of the slate rocks, I found a snug little 

 nest of " flakes " of various forms and sizes. Immediately 

 above the ladies' bathing place, to the north of the haven, 

 several were picked out of the head. One of the best "scrapers" 

 exhibited this evening (1 and 3-1 0th inches long by 1 

 inch broad) came from the south side, near the Storm Tower : 

 near the flagstaff, too, where the turf had been worn away, 

 several were scattered about ; in short, in every likely 

 place these traces of the old folk might be seen. To come 

 nearer home, Solsbury Hill, over Batheaston, appears to have 

 been the habitation of a people who once worked actively at 

 this stone trade, a large quantity of " cores," " scrapers," and 

 "flakes," have rewarded my visits there. The beautifully 

 formed "leaf-shaped" arrow or javelin head (9-1 0th inch 

 long by 6-lOth inch wide) now before you was the result of 

 the last walk of the Club in that direction. In a field which I 

 have called the " Wansdyke Field " "flakes" and cores abound. 

 In the very heart of this city even, near one of the most 

 crowded thoroughfares, at a depth of 14 feet in the excava- 

 tions at the old White Hart, they are numerous. During an 

 accidental visit there about a month ago, whilst watching an 

 excavation through some 12 or 14 feet of black unctuous earth, 

 I saw several traces of flint chips ; and learning on inquiry 

 that no particular attention had been given to such rubbish, as 

 they were without doubt considered to be, I watched these exca- 

 vations from day to day with a considerable amount of interest. 

 The result has amply rewarded me ; you will see on the table 

 before you a curious mixture of the industry of different 

 periods. So far as they extend the excavations have now been 

 carried down some 1 4 feet, to a yellowish and apparently un- 

 disturbed oolitic gravel and clay. In this a few " flakes" were 

 found, but from this bed upwards they occur in abundance to 



