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was well received, giving rise to an interesting discus- 

 sion, and was published in the ' Journal of Transactions 

 of the Victoria Institute ' for that year. Its hearty 

 reception tempted him to write a resume of all the 

 geological evidence bearing on " The Tradition of the 

 Flood," and the preparation of this booklet, which did 

 not appear until early in the next year, was meanwhile 

 a pleasant and interesting occupation. 



J. Prestwick to B. Harrison. 



DARENT-HULME, SHOREHAM, SEVENOAKS, 15th August 1894. 



DEAR SIR, Thanks for the copy of your Address, which has 

 interested us both. It might, however, be supposed from it that 

 the geologists were deterred by the height and position. That 

 was hardly the case. It was whether they were worked. I fear 

 you were ill - advised in your selection for the Koy. Soc. It 

 was only the other day that a leading geologist wrote to me say- 

 ing, "The [your] plateau types selected were very large and 

 rough, and not the most typical ones, like those figured " (in 

 Collected Papers). . . . 



You could not have done better than to refer to Well Hill. It 

 is a remarkable spot, which I first visited and [where I] found the 

 chert fragments some 40 years ago, and took Sir J. Lubbock 

 there, who afterwards described it. You should have told your 

 inquirer who asked you why you did not at first write about 

 the plateau implements, that long ago I asked you whether you 

 would not do so. ... 



H. P. Blackmore to J. Prestwich. SALISBURY, 27th August 1894. 



DEAR MR PRESTWICH, Ever since I heard of the discovery of 

 the plateau type of implement I have been hunting this district 

 for evidence, and have been fortunate in finding plenty to satisfy 

 myself. The main object now is to convince others, and I hope 

 to string the facts of this neighbourhood together shortly, to 

 help the evidence in other parts of England. 



As this district was of great use 30 years ago in establishing 



