JIioHdN IieJirs ill flie Drift of Ohio. — CUiypolc. 307 
Additiondl Test i 111011)1. 
In addition to the confirmatoi-y evidence alforded by the 
■condition of the axe I may add that I liave made enquiry of 
those who have known Mr. Masterman longer than I have 
done, and the uniform testimony is that he is a man of integ- 
rity whose word may be accepted as unimpeachable. In this 
oj)inion my own experience leads me fully to concur. I do 
not think any doubt is entertained on this point by any one 
who is entitled to come to a conclusion from personal knowl- 
edge. There only remains therefore to be considered the 
possibility of mistake or faulty memor}' and these seem quite 
excluded by tlie striking character of the stone and the pe- 
culiar circumstances attending its discovery. 
But in order still further to strengthen this point and at 
the same time to anticipate a very probable objection, which 
has been urged with some force against previousl}'- published 
••'finds'" of this kind. I asked Mr. Masterman to give me the 
most exact and minute details that he" could recall concerning 
the actual discovery and first sight of the axe. He replied as 
ff)llows : 
"I partly uncovered the axe when I shovelled the clay into 
the bucket in which it was raised to the surface. I ciime 
near striking it with the shovel but recognizing it I used my 
fingers and after a little etfort removed it, leariiuj mi imprint 
■ of nearlji oiie-hulf the thicknes.s of the a.re in the softisk blue 
''U'lj. I placed it in my pocket and when I came out of the 
well I washed it with a vegetable brush to remove the clay 
which had got on it while I was trying to get it out. " Tiiere 
is no room for faulty memory where so clear a recollection of 
the discovery remains. Nor does it seem possible that any 
mistake can exist regarding it. 
(ieoloijii of Xeir Loudon. 
The next toi)ic tlenianding consideration is the nature of 
the strata in which the axe was found. New London is in 
tlie soutii-eastern corner of Huron Co. ahnost due N. N. W. 
from the ])oint in Ashland (V)., where the terminal moraine 
curves sharply to the southward in central Ohio. It is there- 
fore about 40 miles back from the extreme limit of the ice- 
fi-ont and well within the drift area of tiie state. The c<.)un- 
tr}' is Hat. scarcely rolling, but it rises slightly to the soutii- 
