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W. BOYD DAWKINS ON THE MAMMALIA AND 



from the same cavern, although the former is thicker than the latter. 

 They measure respectively 3 X 2-2 and 2*4 x 1*6 inches. 



Five quartzite hammer-stones bruised and broken by use were 

 also found, and many quartzite pebbles. 



It may be remarked that palaeolithic implements of quartzite have 

 been met with in India in the Lateritic strata and in a river-deposit 

 in the valley of the Narbada ('Cave Hunting,' p. 426). In the 

 Museum at Toulouse they are also to be seen from the valley-gravels 

 of that neighbourhood. 



Among the specimens sent to me by the Rev. J. M. Mello is a 

 ground and polished fragment of Silurian or Cambrian flagstone 

 (measuring 4 x 3 x 0-5 inches). It has formed part of a slab which 

 has been broken up. 



13. The Flint Implements. 



The flints which bear the trace of man's handiwork in the cave 

 amount to upwards of 267. Among them the most striking are the 

 flakes which have been wrought into finely pointed lanceolate 

 forms. One of these, fig. 6 (measuring 3*35 x 0*95 inches), is care- 

 fully worked on the flat side (a), while the opposite surfaces are 

 worked at the extremities. It is carefully chipped at both ends. 



A second and smaller specimen presents the same general form. 

 This type is identical with that figured by Mr. Evans from Kent's 

 Hole, fig. 300, except that in the specimens from Robin-Hood Cave 

 the greater part of the working is to be seen on the flat side. 



Fig. 6. 



Lanceolate flint flake, x£. Breccia. Lance-head of flint, X £. Breccia. 



The double-pointed lanceolate flake (fig. 7), which tapers from 

 the wide central portion to the ends, from which apparently the 

 points have been broken, is also carefully worked on the upper half 

 of the flat surface ; and the chipping has been continued to the end 

 of the left lower side of the implement (a). On the other side (b) 

 the opposite edge is worked on the opposite surface, with the prac- 

 tical result of producing a twist in the edges analogous to that 



