XX Proceedings. [March i8th, igi^. 



type at Ipswich, underneath undisturbed boulder clay, utterly 

 breaks down. The skeleton lay in a hollow in the glacial sand, 

 and was covered by surface soil common to the whole district, 

 and here formed of decalcified re-arranged chalky boulder clays, 

 proved by its presence on the top of an adjacent pit to be later 

 i.han the clay. It belongs to a class of burials ranging from the 

 neolithic to modern times. 



The evidence as to the existence of man in Europe in the 

 Eocene, Oligocene and Meiocene periods, based on the occurrence 

 of " eoliths " is equally worthless, because it is now clearly proved 

 that they may be, and in some cases have been, formed by 

 natural causes, the movement and pressure of the gravels, etc. 

 It also may be added to the anthropological refuse-heaps. 



Mr. D. M. S. Watson paid especial attention to the eoliths, 

 which he refuses to recognise as artificial products. 



Ordinary Meeting, April 8th, 19 13. 



The President, Professor F. E. Weiss, D.Sc, F.L.S., 

 in the Chair. 



A vote of thanks was passed to the donors of the books 

 upon the table. 



Mr. William Burton, M.A., F.CS, read a "Note on 

 Black Pottery from Ashanti and the Gol4 Coast." 



This paper is printed in full in the Memoirs. 



A paper entitled " The influence of Moisture in the air 

 on Metabolism in the body" was read by Mr. William 

 Thomson, F.R.S.E., F.I.C. 



This paper will be printed in full in the Mevioirs. 



