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feet. It was in the face of the bank behind this mass that Mr. 

 Mills's eye, so long trained for the detection of artificially chipped 

 flints, discovered the implement under consideration, which he 

 removed with his own hands, and placed in his collection, with 

 little thought at the time 

 of the significance attach- 

 ing to the position in 

 which it was found. The 

 accompanying map of the 

 vicinity and drawing of 

 the bank were made by 

 Mr. Mills at the time of 

 our visit, and furnish, 

 with the photograph, all 

 the additional informa- 

 tion necessary. 



There is no possibility 

 of mistake concerning the 



Soil, 3 to 5 feet. 



Gravel. 



— Sand, y 2 foot. 



Where palseolith 

 was found. 



Sand. 



undisturbed character of Fig. 8. 



the gravel from which Mr. 



Mills took the implement. All the strata were clearly exposed 



and observed by him. 



These facts, submitted at the meeting of the Western Reserve 

 Historical Society referred to, were fully detailed upon the spot 



Bradley £ Poates, Eiigr's, N.Y. 



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Fig. 9. — Height of Terrace exposed, 25 feet. Palseolith was found 14 3 / 4 feet from surface. 



to myself and a party of gentlemen, consisting of Judge C. C. 

 Baldwin, E. A. Angell, Esq., William Cushing, Esq., all lawyers 

 of eminence, and Mr. David Baldwin, who accompanied me in a 



