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or by thermal effects." " On five specimens two periods 

 of flaking can be detected." 



The writer further deals with each facet on each flint, 

 and sets out the result in the form of tables which differentiate 

 those facets that are, as he believes, of human origin, from 

 those that are due to such natural effects as pressure, impact, 

 or sudden changes of temperature ; and from those of which 

 the cause is obscure. He considers that all the thirteen 

 flints have been, more or less, the subject of human 

 \vorkmanship . 



Mr. REGINALD A. SMITH, (5) to whom the thirteen 

 " eoliths " were sent for examination, wrote on 21st 

 September, 1914 -" The time has not yet come to decide 

 on the nature of each flaked facet on these Dewlish flints, 

 which are evidently of the eolithic order, though this is a 

 t^rni which does not necessarily imply human work." 



And Mr. GRIST, (6) who for years past has visited the spot, 

 says of these Dewlish " eoliths " " Some four or five of the 

 yellow flints bear favourable comparison with the implements 

 found in the Elephas-meridionalis gravels of St. Prest." 



The excelbnt and indispensable measurements, plans, and 

 elevations were made by Mr. CHARLES PRIDEAUX, the 

 Corresponding Secretary ; while to those members and 

 friends of our Club who have rendered great personal 

 assistance, or given generous financial aid, we now tender 

 our heartiest thanks 



Specimens of the various materials found in the trench, 

 together with the flints, bones, &c., and also maps and plans, 

 are deposited in the Dorset County Museum. 



HY. COLLEY MARCH, 

 Chairman of the Earthworks Sectional Committee. 



( 5 -> Reginald A. Smith, F.S.A., British Museum. 



( 6 -) Charles J. Grist, M.A., Author of " Some Eoliths from Dewlish, 

 and the Question of Origin," Proc. R. Anthrop. Inst., Vol. XL., p. 192, 

 1909. 



