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tinct traces of having been worked by man. The specimens found 

 here were principally the grooved cores and thin splinters. A second 

 site was on the ridge which runs in a north-easterly direction from the 

 above named hill ; it is principally composed of limestone, hard and 

 compact. I have failed to find any traces of fossils in the limestone, 

 which I have frequently examined. 



" A third site is on the high ground on the base of the granite hills, 

 north and north-east of Jubbulpore. In this place, many good speci- 

 mens were found, all splinters and grooved cores. On the flat topped 

 hill at the back of the European infantry rifle range, many specimens 

 were found, principally of the knives and chisels, if they may be so 

 called ; few if any of the cores were found here. 



" On the high ground, west of the Nagpore road, about a mile and a 

 half from the station, many chips are procurable. I have also found 

 specimens in the Seonee district, notably on the high knolls met 

 with on the plain around Lucknadown Rhas. 



" Further, on a mound about a mile south-east of Seonee, on the 

 Ruttughee road, and in other parts of the district on the surface soil, 

 lying upon the Trap on the plateaux. 



" Many of these implements appear to me precisely similar to some of 

 the specimens in the collection of M. Boucher de Perthes, as illus- 

 trated in the diagrams of his most interesting work " Antiquite's 

 Celtiques et Ante-diluviennes." The specimens, therein figured, were 

 all extracted from the drift beds in the vicinity of Abbeville, in the 

 valley of the Somme. 



" The account of their discovery and the probable uses of these imple- 

 ments are most ably discussed in the above named valuable work. I 

 regret that I have only one specimen (an imperfect one) which I have 

 retained, of the large axe, commonly known as Celt, of which several 

 excellent specimens have been found in the Jubbulpore district, but 

 all, as far as I know, in the country to the north of Jubbulpore. I 

 have seen these specimens, and could procure drawings or copies in 

 wood, if they would be considered of any value to the Society. 



u It is a very remarkable circumstance that these flint implements 

 are, with few exceptions, found lying in masses within a limited area 

 by themselves, and not mixed up with the rough agates from which 

 they have been manufactured. Agate beds are sometimes found near, 



