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splendid bones, which were excavated from the pit, including some 

 large heads of extinct animals. 



Mr. BiGGE enquired what was the primary object of this 

 "station?" The idea of some was that it was a military camp. 

 Ml*. Willett's idea was that it was a sort of Birmingham for the 

 manufacture of flint implements. Why did they manufacture flints 

 in such enormous quantities there when, if they went on to the sea 

 shore, the flints might be picked out from the escarpments of chalk 

 in si^it instead of burrowing down in the way stated ? Was thci'e 

 anything particular in order to bi-ing the people there .' Was the 

 place a camp, and did the people do these things while in winter 

 quarters ? 



The President : I understand that there was a peculiar kind 

 of flint. 



Mr. WiLLETT said he apprehended that the camp was much 

 later than this flint implement woi'k, the camp being under the 

 Romans. 



Mr. BiGGE : Then, did the people live there; or else, why go 

 there to get that which they might have obtained much easier, as 

 one would think, elsewhei'e ? 



Mr. WiLLETT supposed the people occupied the hills — they did 

 not know. Thei-e wei'e times, as were believed, when the valleys 

 round about Cissbury were navigable and uninhabitable, and so the 

 hills were selected for refuge. 



Mr. BiGGE : Were there any holes beyond the camp ? 



Mr. WiLLETT : Many pits existed on the outside of the camp. 



Mr. BiGGE supposed the camp to be Roman ? 



Mr. WiLLETT thought British, and under Roman occupation. 



Mr. WoNFOR pointed out, with regard to the remarks of Mr. 

 Bigge, that, although the chalk cliffs might now be easy of access, 

 in pre-historic times large masses of water intervened, and it was 

 then easier to obtain the flint from the pits. 



The President said the natural shape of the hill ran almost 



