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  PROCEEDINGS 
  OP 
  THE 
  GEOLOGICAL 
  SOCIETY. 
  [Mar. 
  9, 
  

  

  present 
  level, 
  are 
  contained 
  Flint 
  Implements 
  worked 
  by 
  the 
  hand 
  of 
  

   man, 
  — 
  when 
  we 
  find 
  that 
  at 
  a 
  time 
  long 
  subsequent, 
  when 
  the 
  river 
  

   had 
  excavated 
  the 
  greater 
  portion 
  of 
  its 
  present 
  valley, 
  the 
  Mam- 
  

   moth 
  and 
  Woolly 
  Rhinoceros, 
  or, 
  as 
  at 
  Fisherton, 
  the 
  Cave-lion 
  and 
  

   Hysena, 
  the 
  Lemming 
  and 
  Marmot, 
  were 
  still 
  denizens 
  of 
  the 
  country, 
  

   — 
  we 
  are 
  almost 
  staggered 
  at 
  the 
  inevitable 
  conclusions 
  which 
  must 
  

   be 
  drawn 
  as 
  to 
  the 
  period 
  that 
  has 
  elapsed 
  since 
  the 
  Implements 
  such 
  

   as 
  those 
  before 
  us 
  were 
  fashioned. 
  

  

  Geologically 
  speaking, 
  indeed, 
  the 
  time 
  may 
  appear 
  insignificant, 
  

   as 
  compared 
  with 
  the 
  vast 
  lapse 
  of 
  ages 
  represented 
  by 
  even 
  a 
  single 
  

   formation 
  ; 
  but 
  where 
  man 
  is 
  concerned, 
  we 
  are 
  involuntarily 
  led 
  to 
  

   compare 
  the 
  period 
  of 
  his 
  duration 
  with 
  the 
  short 
  space 
  of 
  time 
  

   embraced 
  by 
  history 
  and 
  tradition. 
  

  

  I 
  will 
  only 
  add 
  that 
  most 
  of 
  the 
  Implements 
  and 
  Mammalian 
  

   remains 
  I 
  have 
  mentioned 
  are 
  deposited 
  in 
  the 
  museum 
  lately 
  opened 
  

   at 
  Salisbury, 
  which 
  owes 
  its 
  existence 
  mainly 
  to 
  the 
  exertions 
  of 
  Dr. 
  

   Blackmore 
  and 
  Mr. 
  E. 
  T. 
  Stevens, 
  and 
  from 
  the 
  Descriptive 
  Catalogue 
  

   of 
  which 
  I 
  have 
  borrowed 
  some 
  of 
  my 
  facts. 
  

  

  P.S. 
  — 
  Since 
  this 
  paper 
  was 
  read 
  (the 
  24th 
  February 
  last), 
  I 
  have 
  

   employed 
  Mr. 
  H. 
  Keeping 
  to 
  make 
  a 
  further 
  examination 
  of 
  the 
  shores 
  

   of 
  Southampton 
  Water. 
  His 
  search 
  in 
  the 
  gravels 
  on 
  the 
  western 
  coast, 
  

   and 
  on 
  the 
  eastern, 
  north 
  of 
  Hill 
  Head, 
  were 
  unsuccessful 
  ; 
  but 
  on 
  the 
  

   shore 
  at 
  Brown 
  Down, 
  about 
  three 
  miles 
  south-east 
  of 
  Hill 
  Head 
  and 
  

   two 
  miles 
  west 
  of 
  Alverstoke, 
  he 
  found 
  two 
  well-defined 
  specimens. 
  

   The 
  one 
  is 
  of 
  nearly 
  triangular 
  form, 
  with 
  a 
  slightly 
  rounded 
  point, 
  

   and 
  with 
  the 
  butt 
  end 
  retaining 
  the 
  natural 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  flint 
  ; 
  the 
  

   other 
  is 
  of 
  oval 
  form, 
  thicker 
  at 
  one 
  end 
  than 
  the 
  other, 
  and 
  retaining 
  

   a 
  considerable 
  portion 
  of 
  the 
  old 
  surface 
  of 
  the 
  flint 
  upon 
  the 
  less 
  

   convex 
  side. 
  Both 
  specimens 
  are 
  considerably 
  discoloured 
  on 
  the 
  

   surface. 
  Though 
  their 
  salient 
  angles 
  are 
  slightly 
  worn, 
  they 
  cannot 
  

   have 
  been 
  long 
  exposed 
  upon 
  the 
  beach, 
  and 
  were 
  doubtless 
  derived 
  

   from 
  the 
  gravel 
  capping 
  the 
  cliff 
  near 
  Brown 
  Down, 
  which 
  is 
  a 
  con- 
  

   tinuation 
  of 
  that 
  which 
  I 
  have 
  described 
  in 
  the 
  paper. 
  Mr. 
  James 
  

   Brown 
  has 
  also 
  found 
  five 
  or 
  six 
  more 
  Implements 
  near 
  Hill 
  Head. 
  

   -[J. 
  K] 
  

  

  March 
  9, 
  1864. 
  

  

  William 
  Eassie, 
  Esq., 
  High 
  Orchard 
  House, 
  Gloucester; 
  Francis 
  

   Ablett 
  Jesse, 
  Esq., 
  F.L.S., 
  Llanbedr 
  Hall, 
  Ruthin; 
  and 
  Henry 
  

   Lucas, 
  Esq., 
  19 
  Hyde 
  Park 
  Gardens, 
  were 
  elected 
  Fellows. 
  

  

  The 
  following 
  communications 
  were 
  read 
  : 
  — 
  

  

  1. 
  On 
  the 
  Discovery 
  of 
  the 
  Scales 
  of 
  Pteraspis, 
  with 
  some 
  Remarks 
  

   on 
  the 
  Cephalic 
  Shield 
  of 
  that 
  Fish. 
  By 
  E. 
  Ray 
  Lankester, 
  Esq. 
  

  

  [Communicated 
  by 
  Prof. 
  Huxley, 
  F.R.S., 
  F.G.S.] 
  

   [Plate 
  XII.] 
  

   Prop. 
  Agassiz 
  * 
  was 
  the 
  first 
  to 
  describe 
  certain 
  remains 
  found 
  in 
  

   * 
  ' 
  Poissons 
  Fossiles,' 
  vol. 
  i. 
  p. 
  135. 
  

  

  