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THE letter from Mr. Worthington G. Smith in the last number of NATURE (p. 7) affords a remarkable instance of rushing into print and giving an opinion on a subject with which the writer is unacquainted. Speaking of the deposits in the caves, he states that all he knows about the matter has been derived from reading a very short abstract of a paper read by Dr. Hicks at the recent meeting of the British Association, in which the caves are referred to. Now, so much has been written and published on the Ffynnon Beuno and Cae Gwyn Caves in NATURE and other scientific publications, that it is extraordinary that anyone should venture to offer an opinion without previously reading up the literature of the subject. Mr. Worthington G. Smith states that he has visited the caves, and is fairly well acquainted with the Glacial deposits of North Wales and with Palæolithic implements in general, and that his “unbiased opinion is, and will so remain—unless” he gets “very convincing proof to the contrary—that the drift at the caves has been without doubt relaid.” We may be thankful for Mr. Smith's opinion, but unfortunately it is not worth anything, as his letter conclusively proves. Although his opinion is of no consequence, I think it should not pass unnoticed, and it affords me an opportunity of stating that during the last month the drift about the entrance of the Cae Gwyn Cave has been again carefully examined, and that the Reports of the British Association Committee have been fully confirmed.
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MORTON, G. The Ffynnon Beuno and Cae Gwyn Caves. Nature 37, 32 (1887). https://doi.org/10.1038/037032a0
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