measure, though not quite so much so, 

 about Greetham. I the less expected 

 to find things in this state, the land 

 hereabout not being low, and having 

 a moderate declivity, sufficient, I should 

 have thought, if it had not been retained 

 by the clayey ness of the soil, to have 

 carried off the water even of a wet season. 

 I also observed lying about two or 

 three small heaps of pebbles, among which 

 were some flints ; and enquiring of the 

 master of the house, whence they came, 

 he informed me that they were pick'd 

 up from the plough'd fields, which con- 

 sisted of the same clay with the garden : 

 they were lodged, as I understood, 

 amongst the clay, being found here and 

 there in digging into it. It was not until 

 after you and Dr Blagden mention'd your 

 having seen some specimens of chert, at 

 some place on the coast, I think, amongst 

 this set of strata, that I was aware that 

 any flints were ever found belonging 

 to them, and the flints I met with at 

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