FLINT IMPLEMENTS FOUND IN KENT’S CAVERN. 345 
remains of extinct animals, they belong to two distinct classes, 
eras, and stages of civilization. 
Though there are said to be persons capable of believing that 
the so-called stone implements found in caverns and river-gravels 
are merely natural products, it is not my intention to say one word 
on the question. It has been treated so fully and so ably by various 
writers as to deprive me of any pretence for attempting to add any- 
thing to the literature of the subject, and also of all hope that any 
additions which I might be able to make would have the least effect 
on those still remaining in a sceptical state. Life is too short to 
justify one in spending much of it in frequently proving the truth 
of the Multiplication table. 
It may be of service at the outset to give a brief description of 
the situation and character of Kent’s Hole, the deposits it contains, 
and the objects of interest which have been found in it. 
The Cavern occupies a small wooded hill, exclusively of Devonian 
limestone, about a mile east of Torquay harbour, half a mile north 
of Torbay, and a quarter of a mile west-south-west of Ansty’s 
Cove. Its summit is rather more than 200 feet above mean-tide 
level, and immediately north of it is another hill of similar height 
and composition, from which it is separated by a small valley. They 
are surrounded on all sides and at no great distance by hills attain- 
ing to a greater height, and differing from them geologically, as 
is shown below. 
SUMMIT. 
NAMES. tae Fy eat eee RE COMPOSITION OF HILL. 
Direction of | Distance of | Height of 
Hope’s Nose Hill S.E. ‘57 mile | 353 ft. | Devonian Shales and Grits. 
Lincombe Hill ..| S.W. ai x 404 ,, 
Warberry Hill..| N.W. ities 450 ,, 9 
Stoodley Knowle| N.N.E. | 22 ,, 267 ,, | Limestone, Shale, and Trap. 
Black Head .... E. rt BiG 53 305 ,, | Trap. 


Kent’s Hole hill terminates in a small vertical cliff on the eastern 
side, in which are two apertures leading into the Cavern. They are 
nearly on the same level, 54 feet apart, about 190 feet above the 
