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painted and gilded stone cow, the emblem of the goddess Hathor. 

 The shrine was dedicated to Thothmes III. by his son. 



Excavations have also been carried on in Crete, on the site of 

 Nineveh, and in Scandinavia, where portions of curved walls, 

 accompanied by Neolithic implements, have been found below 

 the peat. This reminds one of the ancient circular hut dwellings 

 on Dartmoor. Nearer home, caves in Clare, Ireland, have been 

 recently investigated, and various implements of chert, bone, 

 and bronze found, including a beautifully-worked bronze buckle, 

 as well as an ancient gold bracelet. Amongst the animal 

 remains are those of a wild cat, which is pronounced to be 

 an African species (Felis ocreata], and not that of Europe (F. 

 catus]. It is also considered that the English cave cats 

 belonged to this species. 



The rougher forms of so-called worked flints have always 

 seemed open to a slight doubt as to their human origin, and an 

 important light has been thrown upon this by the discovery by 

 M. Boule that in the cement works of Mantes, in the process of 

 washing the flints, chalk, and clay, there are produced by the 

 violent motion of the water, and consequent knocking together 

 of the flints, forms of the latter, which are indistinguishable 

 from Eoliths. These are the crudest forms of supposed stone 

 implements, with very little working, but they have been relied 

 upon by some authorities to prove the existence of man in even 

 Miocene times. The artificial products show the notch, the 

 chipped edge, and the bulb of percussion, which are usually 

 relied on as marks of human agency, and every characteristic of 

 the Eolith. 



The Vienna Museum has set the example of collecting phono- 

 graphic records of dialects, savage languages and music, and 

 has sent out expeditions for that purpose to various parts of the 

 world. The British Museum has expressed its willingness to 

 accept similar selected records of the voices of living men for 

 the use of posterity only. 



The great use anciently made of the heliacal rising of stars is 

 still carried on by the natives of Borneo, who watch until they 



