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Ross' Great Ice Barrier and was the first to set foot on King 

 Edward VII. 's land. The English Antarctic Expedition, 

 under Captain Scott, has been doing valuable scientific work, 

 but has not yet got near to the Pole. At the British Associa- 

 tion meeting, the question of what should be included in 

 Geography was much considered and the various subjects 

 mentioned which may be said to form parts of this very com- 

 prehensive science. As one of the chief portions of it was 

 thought to consist in the scientific accounts of voyages and 

 travels made with a view to exploration, I am justified in 

 rather limiting my remarks under this head to these, and this 

 I have done. 



ARCHAEOLOGY AND ANTHROPOLOGY. 



Last year the Maumbury Amphitheatre rested from the 

 excavations which had been carried on for the three 

 previous years, and which it has been decided to renew 

 this summer. Meanwhile the third year's excavations 

 have been made at Avebury, where worked red deer 

 antlers, prehistoric pottery, and other finds confirm the 

 Neolithic date given to this great prehistoric monument. 

 At Meare more work has been done and many speci- 

 mens of articles used by the ancient dwellers have been 

 brought to light, of bone, antler, flint, glass, pottery, Kimmer- 

 idge shale, stone, lead, iron, bronze, and one ornamental 

 bead-shaped object of tin. In connection with this I should 

 like to call attention to the very elaborate and beautifully 

 illustrated account of the Glastonbury lake dwellings, lately 

 published by the Somerset Society. The skull of an ancient 

 type of horse has been unearthed at Bristol and another at 

 Bishops Stortford from under 6 feet of peat, where one was, 

 it may be remembered, also found recently. Remains of 

 similar slender-limbed horses have been found in Kent's 

 Cavern, Torquay. But the most interesting find of the past 

 twelve months, subject to its general acceptance as of pre- 

 glacial age, is that of a human skeleton under a glacial deposit 



