14 TWELFTII ANNUAL MEETING. 



worka at Worle by making a road over tlie hill, and sald 

 that if the object was to Increase the value of tlie property, 

 the Society could not interfere, but if it was a mere fancy, 

 he trusted it would not be carried out. He belleved that 

 the encampment on Worle hill was one of the oldest in 

 Europe, and had reason to thlnk that it was earlier than 

 Dolberry. Ile then pointed out marks of a trackway, on 

 each side of whlch were hut circles. This trackway, Mr. 

 Warre explained, led to a village without the works, and 

 which probably arose there in a similar way to those that 

 had Sprung up in the neighbourhood of Castles. 



On their return the membcrs and their friends dined at 

 the Royal Hotel, and a Conveksazione Meeting was 

 held in the evening at the Public Hall. 



After a few remarks by the President, Mr. Freeman 

 gave a detailed account of the various objects of interest 

 examined during the excursion that day. 



Lord Talbot de Malaiiide desired Information in 

 regard to the flint knlves, called cave knives, exhibited in 

 the museura. AVere they found in the same cavcs with 

 the remains of the extinct animals, and could the date of 

 them be determined in any way ? 



The Rev. F. Wakue sald that these knives were found 

 mixed among the rubble of the hut circles on Worle-hill. 

 He had found similar ones on the Quantock hills. At the 

 Suggestion of Mr. Dickinson, Mr. Warre gave an account 

 of the remains he had found in the hut circles. There 

 were at the top six to eight inches of surface mould, after 

 which he came to rubble from the hill, then to skeletons, 

 bearing marks of extreme violence, and apparently of two 

 different races — one a gigantic race, with skull presenting 

 the niost uncivilized appearance, the other smaller and 

 more advanced. With them were found iron weapons. 



