62 Chronicles of Science. [Jan., 
found his implements more widely spread, and especially as they 
were fashioned out of a material that is almost indestructible.” 
In the same and the succeeding number of the ‘ Intellectual 
Observer, Mr. Jewitt gives the first two portions of a most interest- 
ing description of the Grave-mounds of Derbyshire and their con- 
tents. He divides them into three divisions, according to their age, 
namely, the Celtic, the Romano-British, and the Anglo-Saxon, by far 
the greatest number belonging to the first-named period, and the 
smallest number to the second. In these two instalments he de- 
scribes the barrows of the Celtic period, the various modes of inter- 
ment, and the objects of flint, bone, stone, and pottery found in the 
graves. The barrows contain interments by nhumation and cre- 
mation. In the former case, “the body is mostly found in a con- 
tracted position on its side,” but occasionally it is found lying at 
full length. In the latter case, “the remains of the burnt bones, &c., - 
have been collected together, and placed either in asmall heap or in 
a cinerary urn.” Referring to the immense amount of heat which 
must have been used in burning the bodies, Mr. Jewitt asks, “ Is it 
too much to suppose that the discovery of lead may be traced to the 
funeral pyre of our early forefathers?” The cinerary urns are 
either inverted over a flat stone, or are upright and the mouth 
covered by one. When the bones are placed in a heap they are 
often surrounded by stones. Frequently the interments have been 
made in cists, and a barrow may contain one or more of these 
chambers ; but sometimes the barrows are formed almost wholly of 
earth. The flint implements are varied in form, and frequently of 
exquisite workmanship ; the stone implements consist of adzes (celts) 
and hammer heads, as well as whetstones and other miscellaneous 
objects. Besides these, are beads, rings, studs, necklaces, &e., of jet; 
celts, daggers, awls, pins, &., of bronze; and a variety of articles in 
bone, including modelling tools, personal ornaments, lance and spear- 
heads, whistles (?), hammers, &c. Not a single article of gold has 
been found in any Celtic barrow opened in Derbyshire, but a few 
have been turned up by the plough. The pottery consists of cine- 
rary urns, food vessels, drinking cups, and the so-called incense 
cups. Mr. Jewitt considers that this pottery has been baked by the 
action of fire, and with regard to the “Incense Cups,” he thinks it 
probable that they were used to receive the ashes of infants sacri- 
ficed at the graves of adults—their mothers, for instance. 
The report of the Nottingham Meeting of the British Associa- . 
tion, which was published as usual twelve months after date, contains 
the ‘‘ Second Report of the Committee for Exploring Kent’s Cavern, 
in Devonshire.” The facts made known up to the present time 
may be briefly summed up as follows:—The present floor of the 
cave was strewn with immense boulders, which had fallen from the 
roof, between and beneath which was a deposit of black mould or 
