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hill-flank have been further opened up in excavations for building pur- 
oses. 
i A. A road-cutting up the breast of the hill on the western side has 
exposed the rubble-drift, in which gravel was seen driven in pockets 
into the contorted London clay (to depths of two feet or more) on the 
breast of the hill. 
B. On the eastern side, at about 280 feet, O.D., building excava- 
tions have exposed the rubble-drift on the hill-slope, the sections passing 
down into undisturbed London clay. The suite of ‘ finds’ in this 
rubble-drift includes :— 
Bones of Horse—two broken rather small metacarpals (too 
incomplete for exact measurement); perforated upper end of 
tibia showing marks of a (bronze? ) hatchet. 
Bones of Ox—complete metatarsal; two fragments of tibia 
(one the upper, the other the lower half of the bone); humerus 
(lower end); two metacarpals (lower end); upper half of radius 
(with the ulna detached). ; 
Bones of Sheep—left mandible (dentition well preserved). 
Also several fragments of ribs of either ox or horse, too imperfect for 
identification. All these fragments are in an advanced stage of decay, 
probably from surface exposure previous to their inhumation. One or 
more of them bear the marks of teeth of some carnivorous beast. 
In most cases the conditions of the fractures lead to the belief 
that the bones were violently fractured as if for the extraction of the 
marrow. 
Fragment of primitive (neolithic? ) tile. 
Fragment of coarse (neolithic? ) pottery. 
Three (or four?) worked flints, including one blunted scraper. 
One scaled flint (see ‘Report’ 1911) from the Boulder clay and 
a Gryphaea incurva. 
The ‘ finds ’ were mostly met with at from one and a half to two 
feet from the surface. 
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Anesthetics—Fourth Interim Report of the Committee, consist- 
ing of Dr. A. D. Watter (Chairman), Sir Frepertc Hewitt 
' (Secretary), Dr. Buumrenp, Mr. J. A. GARDNER, and Dr. 
G. A. Buckmaster, appointed to acquire further knowledge, 
Clinical and Experimental, concerning Anesthetics—espe- 
cially Chloroform, Ether, and Alcohol—with special refer- 
ence to Deaths by or during Anesthesia, and their possible 
diminution. 
E Committee has met four times during the past year, and has 
continued to make observations and experiments in estimation of the 
