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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OP 
  THE 
  GEOLOGICAL 
  SOCIETY. 
  [Feb. 
  24, 
  

  

  house 
  Hill, 
  and 
  not 
  in 
  any 
  spot 
  higher 
  up 
  the 
  valley 
  of 
  the 
  Ouse, 
  and 
  

   the 
  different 
  assemblage 
  of 
  Mammalian 
  species, 
  I 
  think 
  they 
  may 
  be 
  

   taken 
  as 
  of 
  importance 
  in 
  the 
  consideration 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Prestwich's 
  theory. 
  

   And, 
  in 
  conclusion, 
  I 
  must 
  beg 
  to 
  express 
  my 
  regret 
  that 
  the 
  section 
  

   was 
  not 
  open 
  sufficiently 
  long 
  to 
  be 
  examined 
  by 
  those 
  who 
  still 
  

   doubt 
  the 
  high 
  antiquity 
  of 
  these 
  fluviatile 
  valley-gravels. 
  

  

  2. 
  On 
  some 
  Recent 
  Discoveries 
  of 
  Flint 
  Implements 
  in 
  Drift- 
  

   deposits 
  in 
  Hants 
  and 
  Wilts. 
  By 
  John 
  Evans, 
  Esq., 
  F.G.S., 
  

  

  F.S.A. 
  

  

  Having 
  within 
  the 
  last 
  few 
  days 
  visited, 
  in 
  company 
  with 
  Mr. 
  Prest- 
  

   wich, 
  the 
  scenes 
  of 
  two 
  recent 
  discoveries 
  of 
  Flint 
  Implements 
  

   in 
  gravel 
  in 
  the 
  south 
  of 
  England, 
  I 
  think 
  a 
  few 
  notes 
  upon 
  the 
  sub- 
  

   ject 
  may 
  be 
  of 
  interest 
  to 
  this 
  Society. 
  

  

  The 
  discoveries 
  in 
  question 
  have 
  taken 
  place, 
  the 
  one 
  on 
  the 
  sea- 
  

   shore, 
  about 
  midway 
  between 
  Southampton 
  and 
  Gosport, 
  where 
  

   Implements 
  have 
  been 
  found 
  by 
  Mr. 
  James 
  Brown, 
  of 
  Salisbury 
  ; 
  

   and 
  the 
  other 
  at 
  Fisherton, 
  near 
  Salisbury, 
  where 
  they 
  have 
  been 
  

   discovered 
  by 
  Dr. 
  H. 
  P. 
  Blackmore, 
  of 
  that 
  town.* 
  

  

  The 
  first-mentioned 
  discovery 
  was 
  made 
  accidentally 
  in 
  May 
  last. 
  

   Mr. 
  Brown 
  being 
  on 
  a 
  visit 
  at 
  a 
  friend's 
  house, 
  near 
  Hill 
  Head, 
  a 
  

   spot 
  about 
  2\ 
  miles 
  south 
  of 
  Titchfield, 
  was 
  walking 
  along 
  the 
  shore 
  

   about 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  cliff 
  westward 
  of 
  Hill 
  Head, 
  and 
  between 
  

   that 
  place 
  and 
  Brunage, 
  and 
  picked 
  up 
  a 
  worked 
  flint, 
  in 
  which 
  he 
  

   at 
  once 
  recognized 
  a 
  form 
  of 
  Implement 
  peculiar 
  to 
  the 
  Drift. 
  Dili- 
  

   gent 
  search, 
  renewed 
  on 
  several 
  subsequent 
  occasions, 
  enabled 
  him 
  

   to 
  find 
  five 
  more, 
  all 
  within 
  forty 
  or 
  fifty 
  yards 
  of 
  the 
  place 
  where 
  

   the 
  first 
  was 
  picked 
  up, 
  and 
  near 
  the 
  spot 
  where 
  a 
  large 
  mass 
  of 
  

   gravel 
  had 
  fallen 
  from 
  the 
  cliff 
  on 
  to 
  the 
  shore 
  only 
  a 
  short 
  time 
  pre- 
  

   viously. 
  Three 
  of 
  these 
  Implements 
  are 
  oval, 
  equally 
  convex 
  on 
  

   both 
  sides, 
  and 
  with 
  a 
  cutting 
  edge 
  all 
  round. 
  Two 
  out 
  of 
  these 
  

   three 
  are 
  more 
  sharply 
  curved 
  at 
  one 
  end 
  than 
  at 
  the 
  other, 
  and 
  a 
  

   fourth 
  is 
  more 
  lanceolate 
  in 
  form. 
  The 
  fifth 
  is 
  the 
  heavy 
  butt 
  end 
  

   of 
  a 
  large 
  Implement, 
  probably 
  a 
  pointed 
  one 
  ; 
  and 
  the 
  sixth 
  a 
  broad 
  

   flake 
  with 
  numerous 
  facets 
  on 
  the 
  convex 
  side. 
  

  

  On 
  the 
  occasion 
  of 
  our 
  late 
  visit, 
  I 
  was 
  fortunate 
  enough 
  to 
  

   discover 
  another 
  specimen, 
  of 
  the 
  spear-head 
  form 
  with 
  a 
  rounded 
  

   point, 
  exactly 
  similar 
  to 
  many 
  of 
  those 
  found 
  at 
  St. 
  Acheul. 
  I 
  did 
  

   not, 
  however, 
  find 
  it 
  at 
  the 
  spot 
  where 
  the 
  other 
  implements 
  were 
  

   discovered, 
  but 
  about 
  a 
  mile 
  to 
  the 
  west, 
  nearly 
  midway 
  along 
  the 
  

   cliff 
  between 
  Brunage 
  and 
  the 
  lane 
  leading 
  down 
  to 
  the 
  shore 
  between 
  

   Chilling 
  and 
  Hook. 
  It 
  was 
  lying 
  among 
  the 
  shingle 
  on 
  the 
  shore 
  

   opposite 
  the 
  highest 
  part 
  of 
  the 
  cliff, 
  which 
  there 
  attains 
  a 
  height 
  of 
  

   about 
  30 
  feet 
  above 
  the 
  top 
  of 
  the 
  beach, 
  or 
  probably 
  about 
  35 
  feet 
  

   above 
  high-water 
  mark. 
  

  

  * 
  See 
  also 
  the 
  ' 
  Geologist,' 
  vol. 
  vi. 
  p. 
  395. 
  

  

  