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Bead before the Members of the Field Club on May 23rd, ISO4. 



T had made no preparation for my usual Anniversary 

 Address, as I understood, Avhen you did me 

 the honour last year of electing me your 

 President, that I should be exempted from 

 much of the literary work devolving upon the 

 office, and be let off with an occasional Paper. 

 I have, however, hastily written a few lines 

 upon subjects which will, I hope, be interesting 

 to the members. General Pitt Rivers with 

 his undiminished industry is prosecuting the examination of the 

 earth-works on the Rushmore Estate. He is now finishing those 

 of Worbarrow, in the parish of Hanley, which he finds to be of the 

 Stone age. The primary interments were found on the old-surface 

 line, consisting of six skeletons, three were crouched, and all long- 

 headed men. At the top of the barrow were eight secondary 

 interments, five were decapitated, their heads missing ; the average 

 cephalic index of the remaining three was 738, that of the 6 long- 

 headed men G98. The average height of the former was 5ft. O'-iin., 

 that of the latter 5ft. 2-2in. — a diflTerence of more than three inches, 

 bearing out the idea, in General Pitt Rivers's opinion, that the 

 primary interments were those of the Stone-age people, the 



