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On Dene holes. 
exceptional. We are fortunate in this part of England in 
the great breadth of chalk at or near the surface, which 
has peculiarly favoured not only their construction, but 
their preservation, for the information of ourselves in this 
present age. 
Note on Plate II .—The shaft “No. 4,” shown on the Map of Hangman’s 
Wood, has not been yet described (Oct., 1882). It is numbered in order 
to show which pits have already been visited, the three shafts, Nos. 1, 2, 
and 4, being very close together. 
