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pint. It will thus be seen that it is of an unusually small 
size, and is, consequently, of exceptional interest. 
At the distance of an inch from the bottom is a belt (about 
14 inches wide) of diagonal markings, which are about a 
quarter of an inch from each other.“ This cross-hitching 
goes round the vase, and has apparently been made with the 
thumb-nail before the clay was baked. The vase appears to 
have been again put on the wheel, after the cross-hatching, 
in order to delete the ends of the markings, and thus leave a 
regular and even ornamentation. Towards the bottom there 
is evidence of its having been in close proximity to a flame, 
possibly of a lamp, at some period subsequent to the original 
baking. The vase contained nothing but clay. In one place 
inside is a ferruginous stain, which may have been made 
whilst the specimen was buried in the peat. The vase is now 
in my possession. 
* At a place about two miles to the west—near South Ferriby—I 
have found numerous pieces of oman pottery, portions of much larger 
vessels than the one under notice, and ina great number of cases these 
have been ornamented with similar diagonal markings. 
Smews NEAR BeverLey.—Mr. J. Coates, of Flemingate, 
Beverley, informs me that he shot a fine female of the Smew 
(Mergus albellus) on the River Hull, near Beverley, in 
December last. This bird is a regular winter visitor to the 
River Hull, and we generally have records of specimens shot, 
usually males.—J. R. Lowrner, Crane Hill, Beverley, 1gth 
March, 1900. 
UnusuaL CotoraTion oF FLounper.—Whilst fishing in 
the River Hull, near Beverley Lock, on the 6th of June, I 
caught a flounder ( Plewronceetes flesus), the under side of which 
was exactly the same colour as the upper side generally is. I 
have never seen such a variety before, but Mr. T. Skinner, a 
local angler, tells me he caught one last year which was white 
on both sides.—J. R. Lowruer, Crane Hill, Beck Side, 
Beverley, gth July, 1900. 
