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in which the level wolf platform was found in company with the 
embankment. The Dew Pond.—It was evident that this life on 
the hill-tops could only be lived if water could be obtained from 
the summit of the Downs. Dr. Hubbard pointed out that there was 
a great deal of converging evidence showing that pre-historic man 
had watered these platforms by means of the Dew Pond. He 
explained the natural causes which induced the dew to be deposited 
in these ponds, and pointed out, how, if this system were adopted 
in waterless lands, countries which were barren to-day might 
be made fertile. 
Mr. George Hubbard said that it was not till after man had 
gained some mastery over the wolf that he was able to descend 
into the plains, and that his work in the plains represented the 
second period of Neolithic man’s existence in these Isles. The 
main difference between the Hill Period and the Plain Period lay 
in the fact that man worked in the earth on the hills and in the 
plains he built in stone. Mr. Hubbard described the hut circles 
on Dartmoor, which represented the earliest evidence of man’s 
built habitations in these islands. These small dwellings, often not 
exceeding five or six feet in diameter, and only about three or 
four feet in height, were the abodes of our ancestors. These circles 
are generally found in the immediate neighbourhood of the old 
Phceenician tin workings. To the Phcenicians these islands were 
known as the “ Islands of Tin,” and the Arabic for this is ‘‘ Bahrut 
anuk,’ and the Hebrew is “ Baratanac.’’ From Baratanac to 
Britannic is such an easy step that it seems probable that the 
name of Britain was derived from these early Phcenician settlers. 
The greater number of stone alignments and circles had an astro- 
nomical significance, as has been pointed out by Sir Norman 
Lockyer. Mr. Hubbard described these astronomical bearings, 
and pointed out that they were to a very large extent similiar 
to the astronomical bearings upon which the Egyptian temples 
had been planned. He did not consider that these works had 
any special religious significance, but he regarded them as being 
purely scientific and astronomical. The necessity of being able 
to measure the length of the year was of primary importance, 
and the peculiar interest of these early monuments was shown 
in their early attempts to make this calculation. At considerable 
length Mr. Hubbard described a curious earthen structure which 
he discovered on Firle Down, near Lewes. It consisted of an 
outer circular embankment which was nearly complete, including 
three segments of an inner concentric circle. Within these segments 
was a concentric square depression, and lying outside this entire 
figure were certain subsidiary earthen structures. These earth- 
works have not hitherto received attention, but, in his opinion, 
