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warded it to me, when its exact resemblance in form and finish- 

 ing to an implement which I have in my own collection, that was 

 obtained by Dr. Evans, of London, at Amiens, France, greatly im- 

 pressed me. I forwarded it immediately to Prof. H. W. Haynes, 



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FIG. 4. THE SMALLER is THE PAL^OLITH FKOM NEWCOMERSTOWN, THE LARGER FROM AMIENS, 

 FRANCE (face view). Keduced one half in diameter. 



of Boston, whose expert judgment is second to that of no other 

 person in America, or indeed of the world. Prof. Haynes ex- 

 hibited it at the meeting of the Boston Society of Natural History 

 on May 7, 1890, and his account was published in the Proceedings 

 of that evening. In conclusion, after having enumerated its dis- 

 tinctive characteristics, he said, " I desire to express most emphat- 

 ically my belief in the genuineness and age of this Newcomers- 

 town implement, as well as to call attention to the close resem- 

 blance in all particulars which it bears to these unquestioned 

 palseolithic implements [which he exhibited beside it] of the Old 

 World." This implement is not a " reject," but is a finished im- 

 plement, with the secondary chippings all around the edge. The 



