4.04: REPORT— 1896, 
therefore decided to give up sinking and to bore to the base of the lacustrine 
clay. This was reached at a depth of 413 feet from the present surface— 
i.e. about 51 feet from the old surface before the brickyard was worked. 
Directly the auger penetrated the clay and sank into the sand below, 
water rose so as to stop work ; there was no need, however, to bore fur- 
ther, as the doubtful points were already settled. 
As the work progressed large samples were selected from each fossili- 
ferous bed for further examination, and to prevent any chance of mixture 
the boxes from Bed C were nailed up and sent away before the lignite 
below was disturbed. These samples have been minutely examined and 
washed for fossils in London, Miss Morse undertaking part of Bed C, and 
Mr. Reid superintending the washing of the others. 
As Boulder Clay was the only deposit met with in the borings, and 
Fic. 3.—Paleolithic Implements from Hoxne 
(Sir John Evans, ‘Stone Implements,’ fig. 450). 
not seen in the trial-hole, there is no necessity here to describe each 
boring in detail ; the particulars will be found in the Appendix, and the 
position of each is marked on the Map and Section. Suffice it here to say 
that they show clearly the contour of the ancient channel, prove that it 
is narrow, and excavated through glacial deposits, and show that the 
Chalky Boulder Clay (the latest Boulder Clay of Suffolk) lies beneath all 
of the lacustrine deposits. The chain of borings was carried approxi- 
mately east and west, so as to cross the old channel nearly at right angles. 
A few borings out of the line of section seem to indicate that the channel 
runs nearly north and south. It was out of the question to trace out the 
course of the channel, for it makes no sign at the surface, and to follow 
it would need a multitude of borings, most of which would be of little or 
no interest. 
