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earth. On further 

 examination, we as- 

 certained that this 

 charcoal was par- 

 ticularly abundant 

 at several spots 

 where the loam, as 

 a rule nearly clean, 

 contained groups of 

 three or four blocks 

 or flatfish slabs of 

 stone, which were 

 generally of el van. 

 At these spots the 

 black loam was com- 

 monly full of pieces 

 of quartz, usually 

 small, possibly the 

 remains of larger 

 blocks shattered by 

 tire. 



As we had 

 dently found a 

 land - surface, 

 which man 

 made hearths 

 lighted fires 



evi- 

 true 



on 

 had 

 and 

 js, a care- 

 ful search was made 

 in this black layer. 

 Unfortunately, the 

 deposit seems to 

 have been tho- 

 roughly decalcified 

 and the fossils de- 

 stroyed by perco- 

 lating water, for only 

 carbonized remains 

 are preserved. We 

 found, however, that 

 some of the larger 

 pieces of vein-quartz 

 in this layer were 

 apparently fashioned 

 into rude imple- 

 ments 1 ; but these 

 had been battered 

 into shape, not 

 flaked. This ab- 

 sence of flaking 

 seems, however, to 



The specimens mentioned in this paper have been deposited at the 

 British Museum, Bloomsbury, W.C. 



