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Hole B, very near where the first implement was found. 



feet inches. 

 4. Siirface soil 8 



3. Layer of stoues: composed of whitened, unahraded flint 

 fragments ; Tertiary flint pebhles and ironstone ; some 

 ochreous flint fragments ; and Palneolithic implements 2-4 



2. Yellow clay : full of small, yellowish-white, unabraded 

 fragments of flint ; tlint nodules ; a good many Tertiary 

 pebbles; and some ironstone ... ... 1ft. 3 in. to 1 10 



1. EoUed chalk rubble, with a very uneven surface 



Seen to 2 ft. 4 in. to 1 ' 9 



Between these two sections I found — 



5. Surface soil 



4. Layer of stones, as in hole B 



3. Loam, as in hole A ... 



2. Layer of stones, as in hole A 



1. Yellow clay, as in holes A and B 



1 10 

 It is thus seen that the lower layer of stones and the loam above 

 disappear just beyond where the upper layer of stones comes on. 

 I have traced this upper layer for a distance of 80 or 100 yards 

 to the south, while at some 70 yards beyond this point I found 

 stony clay, with no definite stratification, to a depth of 2 ft. 6 in. ; 

 how much deeper it may be I do not know. The lower layer of 

 stones I found to preserve its character over an area of more than 

 100 square yards, with no sign of its termination to the north 

 or west. 



The implements are genei'ally abraded, sometimes only very 

 slightly, but often to a considerable extent. Many of them are 

 much altered and corroded, and rough and unpleasant to the touch. 

 These are stained either of a dirty reddish-brown or yellow colour, 

 and are often very blotchy in appearance. But in and above the 

 lower layer of stones (bed 2 of hole A) many of them, though 

 abraded on the edges, are not so altered ; some of these are stained 

 of a fairly rich red, but a larger number are nearly of their original 

 colour. It is not improbable that these may belong to a later 

 phase of the Paleeolithic period than the corroded forms, but ray 

 collection is not large enough to warrant a definite conclusion on the 

 matter. The Stoke Newjngton district, so admirably worked out by 

 Mr. Worthington Smith, afi'ords an excellent standard of comparison 

 for three phases of the Palaeolithic period. I have a considerable 

 collection from that district, and the corroded implements from 

 High Down certainly suggest a parallelism with the oldest of Stoke 

 Newington ; while the non-corroded examples suggest the latest or 

 Le Moustier phase rather than the intermediate or Eiver Drift 

 proper, though no definite Le Moustier types have been found by 

 me on High Down. One of those from the lower layer of stones 

 on High Down, a pointed implement, 5 inches long by 2 inches 

 broad, and possessing the peculiarity of being triangular in section, 



