80 Transactions. 



Qth May, 1892. 



Mr James G. H. Starke, M.A., V.P., in the chair. 



Donations. — A Silver Groat of Edward III. ploughed up near 

 St. Queran's Well, presented by Mr Dudgeon ; Catalogue of Pre- 

 historic Works East of the Rocky Mountains ; and the Omaha and 

 Ponka Letters from the United States Bureau of Ethnology ; Pro- 

 ceedings of the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club, 1890 ; Journal of 

 the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society of North Carolina ; Trans- 

 actions of the Edinburgh Geological Society, 1891 ; the Report of 

 the Marlborough College Natural History S )ciety, 1S91. A 

 number of cuttings from mummy-cloths, containing illustrations of 

 the departed spirits, presented by Dr James Grant, of Cairo. 



Communications. 



I. — Note on Bronze-Socketed Axehead found btj Mr Baxter at Annan. 

 By Mr James Lennox, F.S.A., Hon. Librarian. 



Its length is 4J inches, breadth across the face 2\ inches, 

 greatest width of socket Ij inches, depth of socket 3^ inches, On 

 one side there is a loop for fixing it to the handle by a thong. 

 The only decoration is a raised triangle on either flat side (this is 

 distinctively a decoration of the bronze period). These axe-heads 

 were cast in stone moulds, with a clay core, and this shape (with or 

 without decoration) is the commonest variety found in Scotland. 

 There are examples of them from every part of Scotland in the 

 National Museum of the Society of Antiquaries. The alloy used 

 is about 90 parts of copper to 10 of tin. As will be known by 

 most of you, our Pagan age is divided into stone, bronze, and 

 iron ; the bronze is sub-divided into early and secondary, and it is 

 to this latter period that this specimen belongs, but even in these 

 early times the arts in Scotland were much further advanced than 

 is commonly believed. 



IL — Remarks on an Old Coin fonnd near St. Queran's Well. 

 By Mr Patrick Dudgeon, F.S.A. 



The coin is a silver groat of the reign of Edward II L, and is 

 in an excellent state of preservation. The legend on the obverse is 

 Edward • di • rex • angl • franc • d • hib • 



