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of the valley of the Little Ouse, or, it may perhaps be added, of England or France.

Fig. 436.—Santon Downham. 1/2

Following the course of the river, the next spot at which flint implements have been found in the gravel, is a pit known as the Bromehill or Broomhill Pit, in the parish of Weeting, and on the Norfolk side of the Little Ouse, about a mile and a quarter east of Brandon. The gravel here is at a lower level than that at Santon Downham, or even Redhill, its base not being more than six or eight feet above the river, to which it is close.

The late Mr. Flower^[1] has described the spot, but his description of the section, and of the position in which the implements are found, does not completely coincide with mine. On the occasion of one of my visits to this pit, in July,^[2] 1868, in company with him, the section exposed was 24 feet in height, from the chalk at its base to the superficial soil at the summit. The upper part of the section showed

1. Quar. Journ. Geol. Soc. (1869), vol. xxv. pp. 272, 449.
2. Geol. Mag., vol. v. p. 445.