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rare if not unique occurrence ; the burial was untouched 

 and contained much gold jewellery and other ornaments. 

 Two years ago I alluded in my address to the finding of the 

 tomb of Queen Tii (or Tiyi), the identification of which was 

 somewhat doubtful, as the mummy was stated to be that of 

 a young man ! This anomaly is now explained by the perusal 

 of the writing on the sheets of gold which envelop him, which 

 declares him to be Khuniatonu, the Queen's son. In a crypt at 

 Rothwell, in Northamptonshire, are stored about 6,000 skulls, 

 probably of the 14th and 15th centuries. It is interesting to 

 note that the average measurements of these do not differ 

 from those of Englishmen of the present day except that the 

 Rothwell skulls are slightly larger and have somewhat broader 

 foreheads. With regard to the alleged exceptional hardness 

 of ancient bronze implements, it is stated that they do not 

 owe their hardness to the purity of the metal, as they are of 

 very impure quality, but that modern bronze can also be 

 made very hard by hammering. 



GENERAL. 



I do not think that the corresponding societies meetings of 

 the British Association last year offer anything very new and 

 useful for the consideration of our club. Original observa- 

 tional work is recommended, and it is to be hoped that some 

 of our members have always tried, and will always try, to 

 carry out that recommendation, in their own special line, 

 with more or less success. We cannot all emulate those great 

 original observers, Darwin or Wallace, whose jubilee was 

 celebrated with such eclat at Cambridge last June, when dele- 

 gates from all parts of the world assembled to do them honour ; 

 but I hope that the fact that since our last annual meeting 

 Dr. Wallace has honoured our club by consenting to become 

 one of its honorary members may have some influence in 

 stirring us up to follow in the footsteps of his scientific 

 work. The adulteration of our food is one of the most import- 

 ant questions of the present day, which accounts for the fact 



