﻿6 SOME RECENT DISCOTERIES [Feb. I908, 



at the highest levels above the existing rivers. They were abso- 

 lutely un-waterworn, and he had always regarded them as repre- 

 senting the latest stage of the palaeolithic epoch — some, indeed, 

 had almost a neolithic facies. He considered that they were made on 

 the spot. With regard to the reference to Mr. Benjamin Harrison's 

 discoveries on the high levels of Kent, he understood that these 

 were rough implements and considered by some to represent even 

 an earlier epoch than the palaeolithic ; whereas the highly-finished 

 tools now shown must be regarded more as of the time when the 

 palaeolithic epoch was passing away. 



Mr. Clement Eeid also thought that palaeolithic implements 

 at high levels did not necessarily indicate fluviatile action, but had 

 in many cases been dropped where they were now found. He went 

 further, suggesting that some of the fine-grained clays and loams in 

 which the implements often occurred might have been dust-deposits. 

 Undoubted aeolian loess with Succinea ohlonga formed a considerable 

 sheet as near as Sangatte, where it contained ' seams '" of palaeolithic 

 implements. 



Mr. H. B. WooDWAED referred to the high-level Drift described 

 by the Author as made up largely of Eocene debris, and recalled 

 attention to the Drift at Croxley Green, near Kickmansworth. 

 There an interesting discovery of palaeolithic implements had been 

 made known by Sir John Evans. The specimens occurred at the 

 base of gravelly deposits, which contained masses of clay and grey- 

 wethers derived from the E,eadiug Beds. The deposits were grouped 

 as Glacial on the Geological-Survey map, and they appeared to the 

 speaker to be of torrential character, due perhaps to the melting of 

 ice during the Glacial Epoch. 



Mr. N. F. RoBAETs thought that there was no connexion between 

 Mr. Benjamin Harrison's eolithic implements and those described 

 in the paper, merely because they were found at about the same 

 elevation : those described were found in brick-earth, while Mr. 

 Harrison's occurred in an altogether different deposit. 



Dr. A. E. Saltee remarked that he understood the Author to refer 

 to palaeolithic implements which had been found on the surface 

 at high levels on the Kentish Plateau and near Ightham by 

 Mr. Benjamin Harrison and the late Mr. Stopes, and not, as the 

 previous speaker stated, to eoliths found in the same localities. 

 The speaker was not aware of any palaeoliths having been found in 

 stratified gravel at a greater height than about 150 feet above 

 the present river-courses. 



Mr. 0. A. Sheubsole said that it was singular that the speci- 

 mens exhibited were all of the same form, having a sharp cutting- 

 edge all round. This must be regarded as the highest development 

 of the palaeolithic type. The chipping also reminded one of neo- 

 lithic work : this was consistent with a comparatively -late date. 



Mr. Hazzledine Waeeen said that he could not agree with the 

 last speaker in throwing doubt upon the palaeolithic age of the 

 implements exhibited, although there was little question that 

 they belonged to a somewhat late stage of that period. He was 



