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A HISTORY OF BEDFORDSHIRE the broken pieces remained in juxtaposition. Before these positions could be seen it was necessary to remove from i o feet to 40 feet of brick-earth. In fig. 27 is represented one edge and face of a large implement found at Caddington. In fig. 28 the back of this implement is shown, and on the right three conjoined flakes, which were found four years before the implement, in April and August 1 890. These three flakes fit on to the back of the implement. Fig. 29 shows, on the left, the appear- ance of the left edge with flakes conjoined to the back and one flake to the front at a. On the right is shown the front of the implement with one flake re- attached at a, and conjoined flakes behind. Fig. 30 is a representa- tion of the back of the implement, as covered with re-united flakes, part of the tool itself being seen at a and b, and on the right, the right edge of the implement with flakes conjoined. With the flakes re-attached the implement weighed 2 lb. 9jOZ. Palaeolithic implements of apparently the greatest age occur in the 154