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the upper gravels of these pits, but mammalian remains have been 

 found in considerable quantity, and among them the mammoth 

 and woolly rhinoceros are very common. \Ye have seen that in 

 the old lists there appears to be an abundance of species probably 

 living at different dates, and further work is required on the 

 mammalian fauna of these deposits. At Ellieda House I have 

 found JElephas priinigenius and Oervns elaphus, and an antler of 

 O. capreolus was found there by the Rev. J. G-. Walker : these 

 were determined by Mr. C. E. Gray. 



The human relics are of particular interest, and require some 

 consideration. Before discussing the finds of the last few years, 



I may remark that the 



Fig. 8. — Indigo-coloured flaJce, twice the discovery of a cut bone 



natural size. (Milton-Boad Pit.) by the late Rev. J. F. 



Blake is significant. It 

 was recorded by H. Gr. 

 Seeley. 1 It is preserved 

 in the Sedgwick Mu- 

 seum, and there seems 

 no doubt as to the 

 human character of the 

 cutting. 



Recently relics of 

 man have been found 

 in the Milton-Road 

 and EMeda -House Pits. 

 At Milton Road a few 

 very worn flakes are 

 probably derived from 

 earlier deposits. One 

 or two flakes of a bluish 

 colour are in very dif- 

 ferent condition : one of 

 these is of very great 

 interest. It is the butt- 

 end of a broken flake, 

 1| inches long and 1 

 inch wide. It is highly 

 lustred and of a deep indigo-blue ; but the broken surface and 

 some natural chips at the edges are stained of an ochreous colour, 

 also it is waterworn. There is no doubt that it came from the 

 gravel, and is not a surface-piece, as might otherwise be sus- 

 pected. It is delicately trimmed to a semi-oval outline at the 

 butt-end, and does not resemble any piece known to me of date 

 prior to Upper Palaeolithic times. (See fig. 8.) 



At Elfleda House worked flints are commoner; but, as the deposit 

 is very loamy, and the implements therefore little waterworn, it is 

 very difficult to distinguish between those referred to the deposits 



[a = Upper surface. b = Side view. 



Q. J. G. S. vol. xxii (1866) p. 477. 



