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THE GEOLOGIST. 



the valley. Still these lower-level deposits are, although not to the same 

 degree, quite beyond the agency of present river action, and are independent 

 of recent changes. 



" It is probable that the various beds, although on these different levels, 

 belong to the same general period, and may be nearly synchronous. Had I, 

 however, been asked to decide upon physical evidence alone, I might have been 

 disposed to consider the gravels on the low hills of Moulin Quignon and St. 

 Acheul as a stage anterior to those of Menchecourt and St. Roch; but 

 although I throw out the suggestion for the purpose of directing attention to 

 the point, as one not to be overlooked, it is one which could not be decided 

 without further evidence, and which I should hesitate at present to adopt. 



" On my return from France, my attention was directed by Mr. Evans to 

 another case of a very remarkable character, described, so far back as the first 

 year in this century, in a paper of great value for the independent and corrobora- 

 tive evidence it affords, and for the bold and suggestive views of the author. 

 Although known to antiquaries, its geological bearings had escaped notice. It 

 relates to a discovery made, and communicated to the Society of Antiquaries, 

 by Mr. John Frere, F.R.S., F.S.A., under the title of " Account of Flint 

 Weapons discovered at Hoxne in Suffolk." 



Map of the Hoxne district 



* I lost no time in visiting Hoxne, a pretty village five miles eastward of 

 Diss (Map, Plate xi.). The old brick pit is about half a mile south of the 

 village, on the road to Eye, adjoining the park and on the property of Sir 

 Edward Kcrrison; It is "still worked, but the section is necessarily in some 



