most perfect fabricators that has hitherto been met with. It is shaped like a bean-pod, is about 3 inches long, and has been fashioned by chipping; the angles of the facets at the two ends have been so rubbed as to present almost polished surfaces.

"Meldon.-A few years since flint flakes, &c., were to be met with in great abundance on the cultivated fields near this hamlet.

"White Tor-Within the ancient fortification, on the summit of this interesting tor, flakes and scrapers, composed of dark-coloured flint, are not unfrequent; and if the thick and matted turf could be removed, and careful search be made in the thin peaty soil above the granite, I believe such search would be rewarded, and many small implements be found. As it is, one has now to depend entirely upon the efforts of the moles, whose hillocks can often be examined with success.

"Rolles Tor.-Fragments of unwrought flint, with flakes and scrapers, have been found near the pre-historic village at the base of this tor.

"Cocks Tor Hill.-On the cultivated land near Cocks Tor these little implements have been found in great abundance, and I have several hundreds of them in my own collection. Amongst these is a delicately-chipped arrow head, which is double-barbed, sharp-pointed, and beautifully finished. There is a peculiarity about the specimens from this locality; they are for the most part composed of dark red chert, and the stone from which they have been made would appear to have been derived from the gravel beds of Broom, near Chard, rather than from the greensand of Haldon, or the chalk of Beer or Sidmouth. A considerable number of the specimens consist of somewhat cubical pieces, which have generally been chipped on all their sides. These have been spoken of as 'sling stones,' but I do not think they could have been used for that purpose. I have found similarly fashioned stones at Maker, also at the Land's End and Dozmare Pool, in Cornwall.

Amicombe Down.-On the very summit of Amicombe Down, at an elevation of nearly 2000 feet, I found flint flakes in a small depression on the moor, caused by the removal of turf by 'fagging.'

"Nun's Cross.-I have procured some specimens of flakes and scrapers from the moor near Nun's Cross.

"Prince Town, Cornwood, and Walkham Head.-In the Museum of the Plymouth Institution are some perfect arrow

heads, found in the peat bogs of the prison grounds; also some flakes and fragments from near Cornwood, and two highly-finished, polished axes of grey flint, found in the turf-ties at Walkham Head.

"Saddleborough.-I found many fractured flakes on this moor, also a beautiful fabricator, carefully chipped, and some good scrapers.

"Great Tor, Tavy Cleave.-In a field near Lane's End I found a fine implement of greyish-coloured flint, which has been fashioned with much skill.

"Crockern Tor-Near the farm at Wistman's Wood I found an implement of grey flint; this is pointed at each end, and might have been used as a spear head.

"Crownhill Down.-On this down I found a rounded scraper, now perfectly white, owing to long exposure.

"Three Barrow Tor.-I have from the summit of this tor a large scraper of black flint, that was picked up by a friend near the barrows, one of which had been recently opened. A portion of this implement has been trimmed away, as if to prepare it for insertion in a haft or handle of some kind.

PLYMOUTH.

"The Hoe.-In the Museum of the Plymouth Institution is a flake of white flint, said to have been found on the Hoe.

"Cattedown.-A few flakes have been found by myself; these had fallen with the surface soil when the rocks were being quarried.

"Staddon. On these heights there was formerly, in all probability, a large village or camp, all traces of which, however, as regards hut circles, &c., were entirely destroyed when the ground was being levelled for the construction of the new forts. The earth from the surface was carted away, and was used either for the formation of the embankment, or was tilted over the side of the hill where the great earth fort now stands.

"During many searches, extending over some years, I have found many specimens of flint, consisting of almost all the varieties of the smaller implements, amongst which may be mentioned flakes, rounded scrapers, awls or borers, knives, arrow tips, cores, &c., with a number of unwrought pebbles, and many fragments or pieces. With few exceptions, the specimens are highly patinated, so as to appear nearly white, whilst some have in part that peculiar lustre known as chatoyancy, as if the specimens had been smeared with a metallic glaze.

"Maker.-On the opposite side of the Sound, on Maker Heights, flint implements are to be found in great abundance, resembling in colour and variety those from Staddon. Turned out by the rabbits with the earth from their burrows, or washed down the slopes of the hills by the rain, they are of frequent occurrence, and since I commenced searching for them, I have rarely returned home empty-handed from the porphyry hill of Maker, or the higher ground of Mount Edgcumbe. Here also, but belonging to a much later age, are to be found many French strike-a-lights;' these in all probability date from the existence of "camps" on Maker Heights in war time, or have been carried out with refuse from Mount Edgcumbe House, their use having been superseded by the more modern appliances of lucifer or vesta matches.

GENERAL.

"I need not here mention the oft-recorded finds at Westward Ho! Croyde, and the Brixham and Kent's Caverns; nor those at the gravel beds at Broom, near Chard, from which have been taken so many fine palæolithic implements of chert, with a few of flint. But it would be interesting if someone with more leisure than I have at command would continue this list, so that, as regards Devonshire, a complete record might exist of all the localities where flint implements have been met with. (FRANCIS BRENT, F.S.A.)"

DEER HORN IMPLEMENT FOUND AT KEYHAM.

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"About forty years since, while the Keyham Docks at Devonport were being constructed, the remains of a submerged forest were found, and associated therewith the fragment of an ancient implement of deer horn. description of the site, kindly furnished by Mr. A. Hubbard, by whose firm the works were carried out, shows that the original water-line ran at an angle with the Saltash Road, in such a manner that the whole of what is now the South Basin, and all except the north-eastern corner of the North Basin, were below high-water mark. Where the tide flowed the slate rock was covered with mud, and at the southwestern corner of the South Basin the rock was fifty feet below high-water springs, and buried in mud to the depth of twenty-five. At the north-western corner of the North Basin the rock was eighteen feet below high-water springs, with very little mud. The mud was of a fatty, alluvial character. Mr. Hubbard remarks, 'There was scarcely any

vegetable remains, or anything like a peat bed, except in one place, where there was nearly one foot of it and an old trunk of a tree blackened, somewhere near the centre, between the two basins. At this spot, however, the forestal character of the remains was clear; and it was not far distant that the implement was found. It is now in the collection of Mr. Francis Brent, F.S.A., and bears the original label: 'Horn found about seven feet below the surface in excavating for the North Basin, Keyham.' Its extreme length is eight inches, and its largest circumference the same; while the base of the antler is three inches across. A mortise hole is driven in it 24 inches long, by 13 inch wide. The part of the horn which formed the digging part of the implement has broken, but shows signs of subsequent wear. Opinions have differed as to whether we have here a portion of a pick, or the haft of a celt or stone axe, but I have no doubt it is the former. The ancient flint workings at Brandon, in Suffolk, have yielded many examples of the natural deer horn used for digging purposes. Similar implements have been found in the mines of Cornwall; but one unearthed in the Carnon stream works at a depth of forty feet displays a marked advance, for a mortise has been cut in the main shaft of the antler, and a tine inserted in the aperture. Here a still further advance has been made, and the horn itself hafted with wood. A sketch of this interesting implement, unrecorded until this year, is subjoined. (R. N. WORTH.)"

"About fourteen years since, during some excavations that were being made in Morley Place, Plymouth, for the foundations of a house, the workmen came upon a small

bell, which was buried to the depth of about four feet from the surface of the ground.

"The bell, which is composed of bronze, is slightly corroded, and has lost the clapper. It is four inches high, and represents a female figure in the costume of the early part of the seventeenth century. It possibly dates from that period; it was probably used as a hand or table bell.

"The dress of the figure consists of a jacket open in front to exhibit an embroidered vest; beneath this is a half coat or skirt elegantly embroidered round the edges, and partly covering an under-skirt or petticoat richly ornamented in front, and having an embroidered edge below. The sleeves are drawn into three puffings by means of bands; the arms of the figure are akimbo, the palms of the hands resting on the hips. Round the neck is a starched cambric collar, worked at the edges, which are cut into chevrons, and below this is shown the upper band of the jacket, which is highly ornamented. The hair is drawn in bands over the brows, and falls in wavy ringlets on the collar; the cap is flat, somewhat turban-shaped, and sets off the face well.

"Round the waist is a broad embroidered belt, from which an elaborate, diamond-shaped tassel hangs, suspended on the left side by a chain of alternate links of squares and circles,