CHAP. VII. FLINT IMPLEMENTS IN VALLEY OF THE SOMME. 117 



fractured flints. I also remarked, during each of my three 

 visits to Amiens, that there were some extensive gravel-pits, 

 such as those of Montiers and St. Roeh, agreeing in their 

 geological character with those of St. Acheul, and only a 

 mile or tw^o distant, where the workmen, although familiar 

 with the forms, and knowing the marketable value of the 

 articles above described, assured me that they had never 

 been able to find a single implement. 



Fiff. 11 



Fig. 12 





Dendrites on surfaces of flint hatchets in the drift of St. Acheul, near Amiens. 



Fig. 11, a Natural size. Fig. 12, 6 Natural size. c Magnified. 



Fig. 13, d Natural size, e Magnified. 



Eespecting the authenticity of the tools as works of art, 

 Professor Ramsay, than whom no one could be a more com- 

 petent judge, observes, " For more than twenty years, like 

 others of my craft, I have daily handled stones, whether 

 fashioned bj^ nature or art; and the flint hatchets of Amiens 

 and Abbeville seem to me as clearly works of art as any 

 Sheffield whittle."* 



Mr. Evans classifies the implements under three heads, two 

 of which, the spear-heads and the oval or almond-shaped 

 kinds, have ah'eady been described. The third form, fig. 14, 

 consists of flakes, apparently intended for knives or some of 

 the smaller ones for arrow-heads. 



In regard to their origin, Mr. Evans observes that there is 

 a nniformit}'- of shape, a correctness of outline, and a sharp- 

 ness about the cutting edges and points, which cannot be due 

 to any thing but design. f 



Of these knives and flakes, I obtained several specimens 



* Athenseum, July 16, 1859. f Archaeologica, vol. xxxviii. 



