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none of the changes so conspicuous on the axe. It is marked 
1895, "13 feet deep in the gravel,'" and was found by Mr. 
Masterman. 
A fourth is a very large specimen of an unusual pattern 
and probably unfinished. It is shovel-shaped, eight inches 
from side to side and five inches deep, roughly chipped al! 
around the edge, composed of veined slate, conchoidal in frac- 
ture, with two natural faces which show a little more trace of 
oxydation than do the chipped edges. It bears the record 
"July 14, 1884, 5 feet in gravel," and was found by D. White 
in digging a ditch and given to Mr. Masterman. 
A fifth specimen is a well formed but thick spearhead, made 
of red flint, about 3:^ inches long by 1:^ inch wide and chipped 
all over both faces. It was found by Mr. Masterman himself 
at a depth of seven feet while digging a well. 
Whether or not, in the opinion of archjeologists, the case is 
strengthened by the addition of these minor "finds" must be 
left to individual judgments to decide. It would not be just 
to present it without at the least mentioning them. 
There are in Mr. Masterman's possession a few other im- 
plements, met with in similar circumstances but not being 
found at any greater depth than those just mentioned no 
purpose would be served by lengthening out this paper with 
their details. They all lie in the same set of glacial gravels 
and there is no probability that the}^ an}'^ more than the axe. 
have been subsequently introduced. But it is not possible 
now to investigate these minor cases. 
Conclusion. 
It remains only to, consider some of the ditflculties and ob- 
jections that will doubtless occur to archjeologists on consid- 
eration of the narrative above given. It must of course be 
subjected to the closest scrutiny and the severest criticism in 
order that its exact value may be ascertained. 
It will not be necessary to repeat the remarks made in the 
course of this article in regard to some anticipated objections, 
such as accidental intrusion, slip, talus-inclusion and some 
others familiar to the student. I will only notice a few some- 
what obvious difficulties. 
1. It may be asked why these relics should be so compara- 
tively numerous near New London when they are not found 
