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Excerpt from Proceedings of the Dorset Natural History and Antiquarian Field Club, 1900, Vol. 21 General pitt-rivers largely contributed to antiquarian litera ture. In the year 1872 he read an elaborate paper before the members of the Geological Society on The Discovery of Palaeolithic Implements in the Gravels of the Thames Valley, for which he was complimented by Sir Joseph Prestwich and Sir William Flower in the discussion which followed the paper. There are also several of his papers published in the Archaeo logia. His authority is claimed by Lord Avebury (sir John Lubbock) in Prehistoric Times, by Sir John Evans in Ancient Stone Implements of Great Britain, by Professor Boyd Dawkins in Early Man in Britain, and British Barrows by Canon Greenwell. General pitt-rivers published four quarto volumes describing his explorations in the neighbourhood of Rushmore, illustrated by maps, plates, diagrams, and tables, which leave nothing to be desired. Among his works are also The History of King John's House at Tollard Royal, illustrated by 25 plates, his Inaugural Address at the annual meeting of the Royal Archaeological Institute at Salisbury in 1887, printed in the Archaeological Journal, Vol. Xliv., p. 271, and another read at Dorchester in 1897. Failing health compelled him to reside almost entirely at Rushmore, which made him all the more appreciate his Larmer gardens, to which he had devoted so much labour and expense, and which were a centre of attraction to the neighbourhood. A portion of Rushmore Park was set apart for an interesting collection of rare animals with the object of acclimatising them. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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