20 
Considering the large number of errors which thru cluster 
round this ouce-important specimen, it IS n0 ‘ t f, e whole 
and the result of the exploration of this I “™ ni ’ ^ the 
Mr Pen "ell v more than once has told u , } 
ntteen toned d°“wnby STarles L^U to- the moderate 
mm§mi 
of use on their edges, so ecnfiden ly contend d or b M . Lvaus, 
r it X" my wht ease on this one 
'S* ' 'it may now be determined by any one who will 
examine the flints y in the Christy Museum or their photograph 
C0 ?:m e “f%rweight of authority which must be attached 
to the hkh names whose opinions I have here combated but I 
\° A feast this vantage-ground, that I stand on well-ascer- 
tained facts, and on these alone j and dogmatic assertions can 
no longer be considered a reply to the inexorable logic > of facts, 
the onlv certain foundation on which to build scientific trut . . 
I have now shown that the so-called “ thirty-six rude flint 
* Transactions of the Devon Association, vol. iv. p. - 3 , and Jour nal f 
the London Institution, Jan. 18/3,p. °- 
f Antiquity of Man, 4th ed., 1 • 
