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ON THE OCCURRENCE OF FLINT IMPLEMENTS AT ADEL, NEAR 
LEEDS, WITH SUGGESTIONS AS TO THE PROBABLE PERIOD 
OF THEIR DEPOSIT. BY HENRY DENNY, A.L.S. 
Tpie occurrence of flint implements at the present day in 
such a variety of localities has caused considerable doubt in 
the minds of some persons as to the authenticity of the articles 
so found, which in certain instances may not be without 
grounds for suspicion, since the notorious fabrications of 
Flint Jack have been spread through the country. In all 
such cases, however, there are certain facts to be taken into 
consideration, and precautions necessary to be kept in view, 
before conclusions can be arrived at with any degree of 
probability. Such as the following : — 
In the first instance, Are the localities where such objects 
have been found those that are known to have been occupied 
by the Britons, Saxons, or other colonists of this island ; or 
have the articles been found in the tumuli or earthworks of 
these early races, and with whose remains they may have 
been interred P and, secondly , the material of which they are 
generally made, does it occur geologically in the neighbour- 
hood ? If not, then the flint must have been brought from 
a distance for the especial purpose of fabrication into rude 
implements by the people who used them ; and are therefore 
not accidental either as to their form or occurrence , but truly 
the work of man’s hands in primaeval times , and as such, like 
the coin or medal to the numismatologist, serve to illustrate 
faithfully the gradual progress of art, however rude, at a 
period antecedent to the introduction of metals by conquerors 
or more civilized nations with whom the aborigines became 
subsequently amalgamated. 
The proofs, however, that such objects are really the 
genuine productions of pre-historic men are not generally 
received by the world at large, and can only be arrived at 
