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much resembled No. 3 in size, shape, and general appearance; 
the thickness of the chalk roof in No. 5 being, however, only 
2 ft. In consequence of this thinness, there was a round spot 
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Fig. 1. — Hangman’s Wood, No. 4 Pit. Scale 1 in. = 40 ft. Height 
of chambers 16 ft., except the S.E. and S.W., which are 14 ft. 
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in the roof of the chamber next to No. 6, about 2 ft. or there¬ 
abouts in diameter, in which the green-coated flints at the 
base of the Thanet Sand were exposed to view. 3 
3 That these flints were in place was made manifest by the ignition of 
some magnesium wire which our Secretary had brought down. I may 
also mention that among the few who descended No. 5 were our President 
and the Rev. W. Linton Wilson. I was assisted in taking measurements 
by Mr. W. E. Martin. 
