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Numerous fragments of quartzite were lying on this denuded surface 

 as was the case on the adjacent level ground; but, in addition to these, 

 were plenty of flakes and Implements tof which I picked np ten§) besides 

 a number of imperfecfand broken specimens. The weapons brought away 

 are very well made and trimmed to a m«re regular shape than the »ene- 

 ralitv of those which we have found. The specimens referred to as im- 

 perfect suggest the idea that t hey had been discarded or left unfinished ; for 

 some of them have the whole of oneside uniformly chipped, while the other 

 side is trimmed only for a short distance from the edge, leaving a ragged 

 lump which only requires knocking off to make the Implement symetrical 

 as to its sides. Another example (No. 5) illustrating incomplete manufac- 

 ture presents nearly three quarters of the plane edge reduced by repeated 

 chipping to a pretty regular straight line ; while the rest, is a decidedly 

 wavy line, the result it would seem of preliminary dressing. 



One specimen (No. 3) from this locality is a very perfect example of 

 the lon^ and flat oval or almond-shaped variety. It ha3 been very much 

 chipped so that the surface of both sides is somewhat smoother than is 

 usual in the^e weapons ; the edge, continuous all round the stone, 

 is almost an uniform line without any irregular waves. This Implement 

 is so sharp on its edges and so fresh-looking that many people in Madras 

 to whom it whs submitted for examination were rather doubtful as to its 

 antiquity : and I am sorry to add that when it was returned to me this 

 hitherto beautifully uniform edge had been slightly chipped by the graver 

 doubters, so that the light reddish grey color of the Iresh surfaces thus 

 exposed bore strong witness to the genuine antiquity of the dark purplish 

 brown hue of the old surface. 



Thr Implements many of which were left on the ground lie scattered irregu- 

 larly over the dunuded area ; but I Was struck by the more frequent occur- 

 rence of these as well as of chips around some low hummocks of gneiss 

 risino- out of the surrounding ferruginous gravel and laterite on the 

 northern side of the denuded area. 1 noted three of these hummocks of 

 protruding rock at short distances from each other and- beside these 

 were evidences of stone-chipping. 



Such assemblages of weapons and flakes around hummocks of rock may 

 be most reasona bly accounted for by supposing that they had been collected 

 there bv the action of moving water, just as gravel and shingle are piled up 

 on the sheltered side of a roek in a river bed. I did not note any particu- 

 lar arrangement of the stones lying about these rocky spots, indeed as far 

 as I recollect they were so few and so scattered that scarely any arrange- 

 ment could be recognized. In the excitement and hurry of picking up 

 the specimens I neglected to observe this ; in fact, a good many *were 

 collected before I noticed their special mode of occurrence beside the 

 hummocks. I must confess, morevoer, that at the time of my 

 examination a very different reason for the occurrence of the fragments 



§1. Square- edged axe-head (ferruginously stained. 



2. Do. do. (do.) 



3. Large flat tapering oval (do. ) 



4. Small round oval (do.) 



5. Medium sized round oval (do.) 



6. Small round oval. 



7. Heavy tapering oval. 



8. Small tapering oval (much water-worn.) 



9. Tapering oval. 

 10 Tapering ov&J, 



