Kqports on tijc (Excavations at 



1914. 



N the 3rd of February, 1914, the Chairman and 

 the Corresponding Secretary (Mr. Chas. S. 

 Prideaux) of the Earthworks Sectional Com- 

 mittee were authorised by the Dorset Field 

 Club to make a thorough scientific exploration 

 of the " Dewlish Elephant Trench." 



This work was begun on June 15th, 

 and was continued without intermission 

 for six weeks under the constant and unfailing supervision 

 of the Corresponding Secretary. Many experts came 

 repeatedly to view and examine the operation as it progressed 

 and with much kindness have sent in admirable Reports. 

 There can be no longer any doubt that the " Trench " 

 was wrought, not by the hand of man, but by the action 

 of water, which must have had one or other of three sources. 

 Mr. CLEMENT REID (1) derives it from the Devil's Brook, 

 which, he believes, ran, in Pliocene times 90 feet higher than 



Clement Reid, F.R.S., F.G.S., F.L.S., Geological Survey, Jermyn 

 St., S.W. 



