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end of the first gallei-y at Grime's Graves, 21£t. from the mouth, 

 for the account of which he quoted Canon Greenwell's own 

 words : — 



" The I'oof had given way about the middle of the gallery and 

 blocked up the whole width of it to the roof. On removing this, 

 and when the end came in view, it was seen that the flint had been 

 worked out in three places at the end, forming three hollows ex- 

 tending beyond the chalk face at the end of the gallery. In front 

 of two of these hollows were laid two picks, the handle of each to- 

 wards the mouth of the gallery, the tines pointing towards each 

 other, showing in all probability that they had been used re- 

 spectively by a I'ight and a left handed man. The day's work over, 

 the men had laid down each his tool ready for the next day's work ; 

 meanwhile the I'oof had fallen in and the picks had never 

 been recovered. I leai-nt from the workmen that it would 

 not have been safe to excavate further in that direction, 

 the chalk at the point being broken up by cracks so as to prevent 

 the I'oof from standing firm. It was a most impressive sight, and 

 one never to be forgotten, to look, after a lapse, it may be, of 3,000 

 years, upon a piece of work unfinished, with the tools of the work- 

 men still lying where they had been placed so many centuries ago. 

 Between the picks was the skull of a bird, but none of the other 

 bones. These two picks, as was the case with many of those found 

 elsewhere, had upon them an incrustation of chalk, the surface of 

 which bore the impression of the workmen's fingers, the print of 

 the skin being most apparent. This had been caused by the chalk, 

 with which the workmen's hands became coated, being ti'ansferred 

 to the handle of the pick." 



The shaft itself seemed to be filled up at Cissbury with the 

 debris from another, or even from several, but was not arranged in 

 definite layers. It varied much from chalk to sand, but at no depth 

 were the changes sufiieiently distinct to measui-e. It was remark- 

 able that no pottery was found in cither case, for though their pit 

 did not appear ever to have even been used as a receptacle for 

 refuse other than chalk and flint, the one opened by Mr. Tyndall 

 in January last, to which there were no galleries attached, con- 

 tained a great quantity of bones which appeared to be the remains 

 of animals used. as food ; in this there was also no pottery. As to 



