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THE ICE AGE IN NORTH AMERICA. 



the importance of the discovery. Mr. Mills soon after 

 sent the implement to me for examination, and its value 

 at once became apparent. In company with Judge C. C. 

 Baldwin and two or three other prominent citizens of 

 Cleveland, T immediately visited Newcomerstown. A cut 



Fig. 168. — The smaller is the palaeolith from Newcomerstown. the larger from Amiens 



(face view). 



of the implement is given in the accompanying pages, 

 made from a photograph one quarter the diameter. Beside 

 it is a palseolith which came into my possession from Dr. 

 Evan's collection in London, with his certification that it 

 is from the valley of the Somme. The two implements as 

 they appear side by side, are in shape and finish the exact 



