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CHAP. VII.]
THE UPPER CAVE EARTH AND BRECCIA.
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discovery of the figure of an animal in this country, and it is of high value, as we shall see presently, in bringing the Cave-men of Britain into relation with those of France, Belgium, and Switzerland.

Fig. 53.—Horse, Upper Cave-earth, Robin Hood Cave, 1/1.

 
Fig. 54.—Bone Needle. Fig. 55.—Bone Awl. Fig. 56.—Notched Bone. Fig. 57.—Rod of Reindeer Antler. Church Hole Cave, 1/1

In the upper cave-earth of the Church Hole a bone needle (Fig. 54), a bone awl (Fig. 55), a peculiar notched plate of bone (Fig. 56), and a rod of reindeer antler terminating in a scoop (Fig. 57), were discovered in association with similar flint implements.