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implements in or about the same position. This flat space has been referred to by the late Mr. Flower,^[1] who considered it intended to receive the thumb of the right hand, and not to go against the palm or the fore-finger, as suggested by myself long ago.^[2]

Fig. 428—Redhill, Thetford. 1/2

Fig. 428 represents another singularly fine specimen of a very uncommon form, it being much more acutely pointed than usual. It is stained all over of a deep ochreous colour, and its angles are still sharp. It has been boldly but symmetrically chipped, and has a thick, heavy butt, well adapted for being held in the hand. As is the case with almost all these implements, an analogous form has been found in the

1. Quar. Journ. Geol. Soc. (1867), vol. xxiii. p. 47.
2. Arch., vol. xxxix. p. 77.