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plan of these old workings for chalk. He said that since he
made the remarks on these caves at the meeting on April 16th
(E.N., vol. xiii., pp. 263-4), he had received the plan shown.
An old friend of his, Mr. R. O. Heslop, F.S.A., of
Newcastle-on-Tyne, wrote to him asking if he knew anything
about these caves, and adding that Mr. T. E. Forster, a well-
known mining engineer of that city, was much interested in them.
CHISLEHURST CAVES
Plan of a small group of the more remote galleries, but thoroughly typical of the general
system of excavation. Scale 33 feet to one inch.
From T. E. Forster's Plan.
He (Mr. Holmes) sent to Mr. Heslop an account of these caves
resembling that given in the Essex Naturalist, which Mr.
Heslop forwarded to Mr. Forster. On May 13th, Mr. Forster
wrote expressing agreement as regards the modes of construction
and the objects of the makers of these Chislehurst Caves, and
very kindly forwarding the plan exhibited, which is dated
January, 1904. Being the work of a man specially qualified to
make an accurate plan of such workings, its testimony is
decisive. It clearly shows that whatever may be the apparent