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Mr. W. further remarked that in this evening's paper, he had sub- 

 jected his own results to a very rigid scrutiny : he had given dates, 

 ■while he knew nothing of the time at which other analyses were made, 

 except that probably they were made " as soon as possible," not a 

 very definite expression. But he intended to prosecute the subject, 

 and should be quite ready to correct anything in his past result, which 

 further investigation"* failed to confirm. 



Mr. W. T. Blanford exhibited a large series of worked agates, of the 

 early-stone period, from Central India, and offered the following remarks. 



" The specimens of agate implements now exhibited were collected 

 by the late Lieutenant Swiney, in the neighbourhood of Jubbulpoor, 

 and we are indebted to Mr. H. Rivett-Carnac for the very fine and 

 interesting series before us. Two specimens from the same collection 

 were exhibited at the meeting of this Society in April 1865, and a 

 note upon them, by Lieutenant Swiney, was read at the same tfme. 

 (Proc. As. Soc. Bengal for 1865, p. 77.) 



" Mr. Rivett-Carnac has now very kindly given us an opportunity of 

 examining the bulk of the collection, and of figuring some of the 

 specimens. They belong to two classes, one of which exactly repre- 

 sents the flakes so frequently found associated with human remains of 

 great antiquity in Europe : the other is, I believe, comparatively rare, 

 although specimens have been found, especially in the Kjokkenmod- 

 dings of Denmark, and at the April meeting of last year, my brother 

 pointed out the resemblance of the first two specimens received from 

 Central India to some of these cores, as they have been termed. 



" The flakes are, for the most part, similar in form to those found in 

 Europe. Some are pointed, others blunted at the end, and it is pro- 

 bable that the former may have been designed for piercing, the latter 

 for cutting. Besides the lengthened oblong flakes, there are others 

 of much broader form, but judging from the relative proportions in 

 the present collection, they must have been much rarer. (PI. III., 

 figs. 1, 2, 3.) 



" The cores are by far the most interesting portion of the collection. 

 They are of two principal forms, subcorneal and subprismatic. Irre- 

 gular blocks, from which flakes have been split, also occur in consi 

 doable numbers. They may always be identified by having a nuin- 



