328  ME.  C.  EEID  ON  A  EOSSILIFEKOUS  PLEISTOCENE  [Allg.  1 893, 
possible  ultimately  to  distinguish  successive  stages.  Until  the  rest 
of  the  plateau  in  South  Hampshire  has  been  examined  in  detail,  it 
will  be  safest  to  leave  untouched  all  theoretical  questions,  merely 
Pig.  2. — Front  and  back  views  of  the  Palaeolithic  flake-knife. 
Nat.  size. 
observing  that  the  wide  sheet  in  Hampshire  is  distinctly  older  than 
the  Coombe  Hock,  which  thus  far  has  yielded  only  a  single,  much- 
rolled  Palaeolithic  implement. 
Discussion. 
The  Pbesldent  congratulated  the  Author  on  his  good  fortune  in 
finding  so  many  plants,  especially  the  South  European  maple,  in 
this  interesting  Pleistocene  deposit. 
Dr.  Hicks  asked  the  Author  how  he  accounted  for  the  presence  of 
the  South  European  maple  in  a  deposit  which  seemed  to  indicate  a 
pluvial  period,  unless  the  seeds  had  been  transported  from  some 
distance  or  derived  from  an  earlier  deposit.  The  interesting  find 
of  a  flint-implement  in  the  stratified  gravel  shows  that  man  lived  in 
the  area  before  the  changes  indicated  by  the  deposits  set  in. 
