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have thought it desirable to reproduce his figures, reduced 

 one-half (figs. 135-138). 

 Again, twenty-five years ago, Mr. Whitburn, of Godalming,* 



FIG. 135. 



FIG. 136. 



Flint Implement from Hoxne. 



while examining the gravel pits between Guildford and 

 Godalming, remarked a peculiar flint, which he carried away, 

 and has since preserved in his collection. It belongs to the 

 "drift" type, but is very rude. Thus, this peculiar type of 

 flint implement has been actually found in association with 

 the bones of the mammoth on various occasions during 

 nearly a hundred and fifty years ! While, however, these 

 instances remarkably corroborate the statements made by M. 



* Prestwich, Geol. Jour. August, 1861. 



