. The ancient stone implements, weapons, and ornaments, of Great Britain. Fig. 47u—Highhe<d. f. Fig. f visit the spot in 1859, with a view of discovering works of manin the beds, though at that time our search was unrewarded. * Flint Chips, p. 47; Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc., I860, vol. xxi. p. 252. < f Proc. Geol. Soc, vol. i. p. 25. + Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc, 1855, vol. xi. p. 101. § Phil. Trans., 1860, p. 302. 552 RIVER-DRIFT IMPLEMENTS. [CHAP. XXIII. It is needless for me here to describe the beds in detail: sufficeit to say, that resting on a more highly inclined surfac
. The ancient stone implements, weapons, and ornaments, of Great Britain. Fig. 47u—Highhe<d. f. Fig. f visit the spot in 1859, with a view of discovering works of manin the beds, though at that time our search was unrewarded. * Flint Chips, p. 47; Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc., I860, vol. xxi. p. 252. < f Proc. Geol. Soc, vol. i. p. 25. + Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc, 1855, vol. xi. p. 101. § Phil. Trans., 1860, p. 302. 552 RIVER-DRIFT IMPLEMENTS. [CHAP. XXIII. It is needless for me here to describe the beds in detail: sufficeit to say, that resting on a more highly inclined surface of chalkis a deposit, the upper portion of which forms the surface of thepresent slope on the north side of the valley of the united Wileyand Nadder. This deposit is in some places nearly 30 feet inthickness, but thins out towards the bottom of the valley. Leav-ing the superficial soil out of the question, it has usually in itsupper part a rubbly gravel,* with angular and subangular flints,fragments of chert, iron-stone, and chalk, mixed with clay and brick-earth, to a thickness of 4 or 5
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