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flakes when making the pigmies. Several of these nodules with 
worn edges were found by Mr, Lewis Abbott at Hastings, and he 
is in agreement with me as to the purpose for which they were 
used. 
The highest stage attained by prehistoric man in the art of 
flint chipping is exemplified in the inimitable examples of arrow- 
heads and knives, shewn in our first few slides, the workmanship 
of which was undoubtedly accomplished by the difficult method 
of punch and hammerstone flaking. So far, I believe, none of 
this beautiful work has been found actually associated with the 
pigmies,* and, as they were all shaped by the comparatively easy 
method of pressure flaking, we cannot regard them as evidence 
of a very high standard of flint chipping. This point deserves 
special attention, for, provided no traces of the highest class of 
flaking are found with future discoveries, it will afford additional 
grounds for believing that this class of minute tools was made 
by a race, or tribes, quite distinct from the prehistoric Britons 
with whose remains we find the beautifully worked arrowheads 
along the Downs of Sussex. 
May I hope that my remarks have served to demonstrate 
that which cannot be too earnestly impressed upon all who have 
the advance of knowledge at heart, namely, that the archzo- 
logical harvest in these parts, at one time truly plenteous, has © 
‘been scattered by the winds of ignorance and apathy. About 
this wonderful County of ours patches of the grain still lie 
concealed, but the gleaners are few. If further destruction is to 
be arrested, if this material is to be gathered so that we may 
piece together and read aright the marvellous story of our 
prehistoric forerunners, then more gleaners are necessary, more 
enthusiasm must be shewn; and, what is all-important, the 
work of discovery and recording must be carried out, not by 
antiquated methods, but in a co-operative spirit and by rigid 
adherence to scientific rules. 
The Brighton and Hove Natural History Society has long 
played an important part in the intellectual development of the 
County, and it is with the knowledge that its Members are ever 
willing to exert their influence in the noble cause of local 
archeology that I have ventured to trouble you again this 
evening. 
* Norr.—A very small barbed arrowhead covered with beautiful 
secondary chipping has recently been found by Mrs, HE. J, G. Piffard, 
on one of the pigmy sites, near Horsham, 
