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lay within reach of my walking stick just over the wire fence. 
This led me to trespass and to the discovery that the surface of 
the field near the fence was covered with flakes and cooking 
stones. I then applied to Mr. J. J. Clark for permission to walk 
over the field, which he kindly granted me. Since then I have 
repeatedly worked the field, and have found that the cooking 
stones, flakes, scrapers, needle-makers, cores, &c., occur more or 
less in groups over its whole surface. Of the larger implements I 
have only discovered the halves of flint axes, both rough and 
polished, including a large roughly chipped axe, probably a waster, 
which has subsequently proved one of the most interesting surface 
implements I have yet found. Its special characteristic is a small 
patch of glaze on one of the facets, which Professor Boyd Dawkins 
says is identical with that hitherto only observed on a few of the 
older river-drift implements.* The question of the origin of this 
natural glaze is yet unsolved. It is, moreover, a question which 
cannot detain us on the present occasion. 
The next spot to be mentioned is the most typical I have to 
bring before your notice. This is situated in the open fields on 
each side of the Dyke Road just beyond the last reservoir and 
about half-way from the clock tower to the Dyke. Here I have 
discovered several fine and perfect axes, and some of the most 
beautiful scrapers I have ever seen. With these, too, were 
associated the usual quantities of flakes, cooking stones, and 
many of the other smaller flint tools. 
The finest axe it has ever been my lot to add to the 
Museum collection, I accidentally turned up about two years ago 
near the south-western summit of Newmarket Hill, known locally 
as Norton Top. This is now shown mounted in a wooden 
handle of very modern appearance to represent the probable 
style of hafting. Its discovery induced me to thoroughly work 
the brow of the hill and the cultivated land in its vicinity as far 
as the growth of the crops would allow. But, with the exception 
of one small but prolific spot near Wick Farm, a quarter of a 
mile to the south-west of the hill, this locality at first proved very 
barren. This particular spot, the last I have to bring before your 
notice, was absolutely littered with delicate flakes. Cooking 
stones, too, were in abundance, and, associated with them, were 
many finely worked scrapers, including several of exceptionally 
small size. Before leaving this part of the Downs, I may 
mention that Norton Top has recently been laid bare of its crops 
and so enabled me to give it a thorough overhaul. A few 
solitary pot-boilers lie strewn here and there over its surface 
unaccompanied by any of the smaller flint implements; but, not 
far from the spot where the flint axe was found, there are 

* Paleolithic Implements from Savernake, by Edgar Willett, M.B., 
Journal of the Anthropological Institute, vol. xxxi., page 310. 
