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JklE. PEESTAVICH OX rLIXT-BIPLE:MEXTS. 
On showing him a small ovoid flint-implement from Abbeville, he stated that many 
similar stones were formerly met with here, but that they were larger and more pointed *. 
Such specimens were now rare; only two had been found, at a depth of 7 and 10 feet 
from the surface in the clay (5), in the course of the preceding winter, and they had not 
been kept. ^However, after a short search in a rubbish heap, the men recovered one 
specimenf . Both in the gravel c and in the clay d bones of mammaha are still not 
unfrequently met with. I obtained a fragment of a rib of a Deer and part of the tooth of 
a Horse, and I afterwards saw, in the collection of Mr. T. Aiivoi J of Diss, the astragalus 
of an Elephant, which from the matrix in its interstices evidently came fr’om the bluish 
calcareous clay d. Pieces of wood, some of considerable size, are found in this latter 
bed. Amongst them may be recognized species of Oak, Yew, and Ffr ; together -oath 
small seed-vessels. In the lower part of this bed are thin seams or partings of sand full 
of shells, perfect but very friable, of the following recent land and freshwater species : — 
Cyclas cornea, Linn.'? 
Pisidium amnicmn, Miill, 
U7iio (fragmentary). 
Bithmia tentaciilata, Linn. 
Helix nitidula, Drap. ? 
hispida, Linn.? 
Limneus ptalustris, Linn. 
trmicatidus, Linn. ? 
Planorbis albus, Midi. ? 
spirorbis, Linn. 
Succi)iea piitns, Linn. 
Yalvata piscinalis, Miill. 
According to Mr. Feeee, the Flint-implements were discovered in gravelly soil under- 
lying sand with shells and bones, and overlying a peaty clay. This would seem in some, 
but not in all respects, to agree with either c or e of the present section. Both overlie 
peaty clays || . The men, however, say that it is not in those beds, hut higher up (in b) 
* The men here call them “fighting stones.” 
t On a subsequent visit with Mr. Evans we were more successful. We had a trench dug, on the east of 
the field, to the depth of 11 feet, and in examining the ground as it was thrown out by the men, !Mr. Evans 
discovered in the bed of gravel, Xo. 4, a fiint-implement perfect except the point, which had been broken 
off by the pick of the, workmen and could not be recovered. Tliis trench, which was of further import- 
ance as proving the superposition of these beds to the Boulder Clay, gave the following section : — 
ft. in." 
1. Ochreous sand and gravel, passing down into white sand 4 9 
2. Seams of fine white and ochreous gravel 1 3 
3. Light grey sandy clay 0 S 
4. Coarse yellow gravel in which the flint-implement was found 1 0 
5. Grey and brown clay with abundance of 2 4. 
6. Boulder Clay 1 0 
I I am much indebted to this gentleman’s kind assistance and co-operation on my several visits to these pits. 
§ The late Mr. John Beown, of Stanway, aided me in this collection. IMost of the shells are so fragile 
and difficult to obtain perfect that several species have not yet been well determined. 
II My first impression was in favour of e: stfil there is an objection to placing them in gravel; for why, 
in that case, should they have been picked out to mend the roads with ? The gravel itseh would have been 
used as it was. It would rather seem from this that they were fiints found accidentally in a bed of clay or 
sand, which was worked as such, and the fiints picked out and thro^vn on one side. It is, however, possible 
that c may have been more argdlaceous and overlaid by a local bed of sand (Xo. 3 of j\L’. Feeee) with shells 
and bones, for beds of this character are liable to considerable changes, both in tlnckness and composition, 
within very short distances (Oct. 1860). 
> 10 feet. 
