The occurrence of flint implements at the present day in such a variety of localities has caused considerable doubt in the minds of some persons as to the authenticity of the articles so found, which in certain instances may not be without grounds for suspicion, since the notorious fabrications of Flint Jack have been spread through the country. In all such cases, however, there are certain facts to be taken into consideration, and precautions necessary to be kept in view, before conclusions can be arrived at with any degree of probability. Such as the following:— In the first instance, Are the localities where such objects have been found those that are known to have been occupied by the Britons, Saxons, or other colonists of this island; or have the articles been found in the tumuli or earthworks of these early races, and with whose remains they may have been interred? and, secondly, the material of which they are generally made, does it occur geologically in the neighbourhood? If not, then the flint must have been brought from a distance for the especial purpose of fabrication into rude implements by the people who used them; and are therefore not accidental either as to their form or occurrence, but truly the work of man’s hands in primaeval times, and as such, like the coin or medal to the numismatologist, serve to illustrate faithfully the gradual progress of art, however rude, at a period antecedent to the introduction of metals by conquerors or ...