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HA RD WICKE' S SCIENCE-GOSSIP. 



not so soon to be forgotten, one of the few we could 

 wish to enjoy again ; but alas ! this is not to be, 

 everything pleasant seems to fly from us with speed, 

 but the remembrance of such times is sweet. 



A. Marsh. 



almond-shaped weapons found here. It is coloured 

 yellow, and has not been much damaged since it was 

 originally deposited in the drift clay, inasmuch as it 

 has sustained only one small recent accidental chip. 

 As is so usual with such weapons, some remains of 



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Fig. 82. 



NOTE ON THE DISCOVERY OF SOME 

 RIVER-DRIFT IMPLEMENTS AT WEST 

 VvTCKHAM, KENT. 



By George Clinch. 



{Continued from p. 136.] 



I HAVE already briefly pointed out the different 

 classes of river-drift implements which I have 

 found at Church Field. It now remains for me to 

 describe the typical forms which are given in illus- 

 tration of this paper. 



[No. 17*] (Fig. 82) is a representation of one of the 



* I may mention that the numbers in brackets are those 

 under which the /flints are described in the catalogue of my 

 own private collection, and are merely given here to prevent 

 any mistake or confusion. 



the original outside crust of the flint are still re- 

 maining upon the lower part of the flint. This 

 end has some appearance of having been used as a 

 hammer. 



[No. 83] (Fig. 83) may have been used as a scraper 

 or possibly (when perfect) as a weapon. The lowest 

 part is broken off, but the fracture of the accidental 

 break is as ancient as those upon other parts of the 

 flint. Hence it is probable that the flint was broken 

 while in use, and this probably led its former possessor 

 to discard it. The colour of this flint is a bright yel- 

 low, and the surface presents some of those minute 

 shining spots which have been produced probably by 

 contact with other stones during an immense period 

 of time. These lustrous spots are considered by Dr. 

 John Evans to constitute "one of the tests of the 



