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instance apparently solitary. That discovered at Chalkielaw, 

 within half a mile of the Piper's Knowe, also contained an urn, 

 though of a different shape and style of ornament. 



The bones and fragments of the urn have been submitted by 

 Mr. James Black to the inspection of Dr. Daniel Wilson of 

 Edinburgh. Dr. Wilson expresses his conviction that the re- 

 mains are referable to the "Allophylian" races, who inhabited 

 Britain prior to the period of the Roman invasion. There can, 

 at all events, be no doubt that they belonged to the same people 

 to whom the similar cists, found near Lesbury in November 

 1850, are to be ascribed. See Mr. Tate's paper, read at the 

 Meeting of the Club on the 11th of June 1851, which contains 

 a very clear and interesting account of these cists, and the urns 

 contained in them. Reference may also be made to Dr. D. 

 Wilson's ' Pre-historic Annals of Scotland,' passim^ for many 

 interesting facts connected with cists, sepulchral urns, and the 

 ancient inhabitants of our island, to whom these relics are pro- 

 bably to be attributed. 



Note on the Habits and (Economy of the Plecotus auritus, or 

 Long-eared Bat. By P. J. Selby, Esq., of Twizel-house. 



In an out-house at Twizel, where the spars of the roof meet 

 together in the centre, a bat of the species Plecotus auritus, long- 

 eared bat, has made a small vacancy at this junction of the tim- 

 bers its habitat for some three or four years past. In conse- 

 quence, I have been induced to take some interest in noticing 

 the habits and oeconomy of the species. 



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