﻿1864.] 
  WYATT 
  FLINT 
  IMPLEMENTS 
  AND 
  FOSSIL 
  MAMMALIA. 
  187 
  

  

  iron, 
  which 
  I 
  had 
  observed 
  all 
  along 
  a 
  layer 
  about 
  2 
  feet 
  from 
  the 
  

   bottom 
  of 
  the 
  bed 
  ; 
  other 
  stones 
  had 
  a 
  whitish 
  patina 
  from 
  imme- 
  

   diate 
  contact 
  with 
  the 
  clay, 
  and 
  it 
  was 
  the 
  latter 
  coating 
  which 
  had 
  

   accumulated 
  on 
  the 
  implement 
  so 
  as 
  to 
  give 
  it 
  a 
  porcellanous 
  appear- 
  

   ance. 
  This 
  flint 
  tool 
  is 
  2| 
  inches 
  long, 
  and 
  similar 
  in 
  outline 
  to 
  one 
  

   found 
  in 
  the 
  Champ 
  de 
  Mars 
  at 
  Abbeville, 
  and 
  figured 
  by 
  Mr. 
  Evans 
  

   in 
  the 
  sheet 
  of 
  typical 
  forms 
  accompanying 
  his 
  paper 
  on 
  Flint 
  Imple- 
  

   ments, 
  published 
  in 
  the 
  ' 
  Archseologia,' 
  1862. 
  It 
  is 
  also 
  similar 
  to 
  

   one 
  found 
  at 
  St. 
  Gilles, 
  near 
  Abbeville, 
  and 
  figured 
  in 
  the 
  paper 
  by 
  

   Mr. 
  Prestwich, 
  in 
  vol. 
  cl. 
  of 
  the 
  ' 
  Transactions 
  of 
  the 
  Royal 
  Society.' 
  

   Amongst 
  the 
  gravel 
  I 
  found 
  three 
  flint 
  flakes, 
  on 
  which 
  there 
  are 
  

   sufficient 
  facets 
  to 
  show 
  that 
  they 
  were 
  artificial. 
  Soon 
  after 
  this 
  

   discovery, 
  Mr. 
  Evans, 
  who 
  had 
  come 
  to 
  pay 
  me 
  a 
  visit, 
  went 
  to 
  this 
  

   spot, 
  and 
  on 
  the 
  newly 
  constructed 
  road 
  through 
  this 
  section 
  found 
  

   amongst 
  the 
  gravel, 
  which 
  had 
  been 
  taken 
  from 
  the 
  lowest 
  stratum, 
  

   a 
  flint 
  implement 
  of 
  oval 
  form, 
  which 
  is 
  rounder 
  at 
  the 
  cutting 
  end 
  

   than 
  usual, 
  and 
  altogether 
  of 
  a 
  different 
  type 
  from 
  that 
  of 
  those 
  tools 
  

   which 
  have 
  been 
  found 
  at 
  Biddenham 
  and 
  St. 
  Acheul. 
  

  

  It 
  was 
  tantalizing 
  to 
  find 
  that 
  just 
  as 
  these 
  diggings 
  were 
  begin- 
  

   ning 
  to 
  be 
  productive 
  of 
  interesting 
  results 
  the 
  excavation 
  ceased, 
  the 
  

   quantity 
  of 
  land 
  agreed 
  upon 
  having 
  been 
  worked 
  out. 
  Sufficient 
  

   evidence, 
  however, 
  has 
  been 
  obtained 
  to 
  show 
  that 
  the 
  gravels 
  at 
  

   this 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  Ouse 
  Valley 
  are 
  as 
  rich 
  in 
  fossil 
  remains 
  as 
  on 
  the 
  

   western 
  side 
  of 
  Bedford. 
  

  

  There 
  are 
  six 
  places 
  at 
  which 
  Flint 
  Implements 
  have 
  been 
  found 
  

   near 
  Bedford, 
  within 
  a 
  radius 
  of 
  four 
  miles, 
  in 
  the 
  following 
  order 
  

   of 
  succession 
  : 
  — 
  Biddenham, 
  Harrowden, 
  Cardington, 
  Kempston, 
  

   Summerhouse 
  Hill, 
  and 
  Honey 
  Hill. 
  The 
  evidence 
  which 
  warrants 
  

   the 
  addition 
  of 
  Honey 
  Hill 
  is 
  curious. 
  A 
  few 
  weeks 
  ago 
  I 
  was 
  on 
  

   my 
  way 
  to 
  inspect 
  the 
  neighbouring 
  pits, 
  and 
  passed 
  along 
  an 
  occu- 
  

   pation-road 
  which 
  had 
  lately 
  been 
  repaired. 
  If 
  the 
  same 
  regula- 
  

   tions 
  were 
  adopted 
  for 
  farmers' 
  roads 
  as 
  Mr. 
  Mac 
  Adam 
  insisted 
  on 
  

   for 
  the 
  public 
  turnpike 
  trusts 
  — 
  where 
  a 
  man's 
  mouth 
  is 
  taken 
  as 
  

   the 
  gauge 
  for 
  the 
  size 
  of 
  the 
  stones 
  to 
  be 
  laid 
  down 
  — 
  a 
  most 
  in- 
  

   teresting 
  relic 
  would 
  have 
  been 
  sacrificed. 
  Fortunately 
  for 
  the 
  

   interests 
  of 
  science 
  this 
  regulation 
  had 
  not 
  been 
  insisted 
  upon 
  here, 
  

   and 
  so 
  I 
  saw 
  a 
  flint 
  hache 
  reposing 
  snugly 
  in 
  a 
  rut. 
  The 
  rude 
  

   wheels 
  of 
  dung-carts 
  had 
  gone 
  over 
  it 
  and 
  pressed 
  it 
  down, 
  making 
  

   one 
  additional 
  and 
  unnecessary 
  conchoidal 
  fracture 
  on 
  one 
  side, 
  and 
  

   taking 
  off 
  the 
  point, 
  but 
  not 
  sufficiently 
  damaging 
  it 
  to 
  prevent 
  its 
  

   identification 
  as 
  a 
  true 
  Implement 
  of 
  the 
  Drift. 
  I 
  ascertained 
  from 
  

   the 
  occupier 
  of 
  the 
  farm 
  that 
  he 
  had 
  made 
  a 
  small 
  pit 
  at 
  Honey 
  

   Hill, 
  and 
  taken 
  out 
  such 
  gravel 
  as 
  he 
  required, 
  and 
  then 
  levelled 
  it 
  

   up. 
  This 
  site 
  is 
  about 
  a 
  mile 
  west 
  of 
  Bedford, 
  at 
  the 
  junction 
  of 
  

   the 
  parishes 
  of 
  St. 
  Paul, 
  Biddenham, 
  and 
  Kempston. 
  This 
  is 
  on 
  

   nearly 
  the 
  same 
  level 
  as 
  the 
  Biddenham 
  pit, 
  and 
  the 
  Implement 
  is 
  

   of 
  the 
  type 
  of 
  the 
  pointed 
  haches 
  of 
  Amiens. 
  

  

  In 
  reviewing 
  the 
  facts 
  now 
  under 
  notice, 
  and 
  keeping 
  in 
  view 
  the 
  

   circumstance 
  of 
  the 
  freshwater 
  Shell, 
  the 
  Unio 
  Batavus, 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  

   valley 
  of 
  the 
  Oise 
  (France), 
  being 
  discovered 
  in 
  a 
  fossil 
  state 
  at 
  Summer- 
  

  

  