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curator of our museum, if he would care to go 
down and take some photographs of the spot where 
the bones were, as I knew he was anxious to get a 
series of interesting local views. Before any digging 
commenced we had a good look at the material — a 
hard clay — which covered the bones, and were 
surprised to find that no signs of any previous 
digging were visible. We therefore got the work- 
men to remove the overlying material with the 
greatest care, and kept the work under continual 
observation. 
" When the bones were reached it was found they 
were in a most friable condition, so I gave orders to 
have the surrounding material dug up in large 
blocks, and this was accordingly done. When we 
came to examine these blocks and their contained 
relics, my friend, Mr Canton, who is a member of 
the Royal College of Surgeons, strongly advised me 
to send them off at once to the museum of the 
College, where they would be properly treated by 
experts. Seeing the condition of the bones, and 
recognising the importance of having them attended 
to without delay, I at once agreed to his advice, and 
the same evening carefully packed the remains in a 
suitable box, which was forwarded to Professor 
Keith, the Conservator of the College Museum." 
The accompanying sketches, figs. 75A and 75B, will 
make clear the position of Mr Moir's discovery. Ipswich 
is situated in the valley of the Gipping — ten miles from 
the open sea. On the sides of the valley the same 
terraces and the same deposits are to be recognised as in 
the valley of the Thames. Passing northwards through 
Ipswich the traveller soon leaves the town and the valley 
and finds himself on a plateau, about 150 feet above the 
level of the sea, and covered everywhere by a thick 
stratum of chalky boulder clay, varying in depth from 15 
to 25 feet. The plateau slopes gently to the west until 
it reaches the brim of the valley of the Gipping — or 
