176 EDIBLE BRITISH MOLLUSCA. 



near Stoney Littleton; at Rodmartin; at TJley ; and 

 at Nympsfield, are called Tumps. In speaking of 

 Cromlechs, in the Channel Islands, I do not therefore 

 allude to monuments such as we call Cromlechs ; which 

 last, though probably sepulchral, have not yet been 

 found to contain interments. 



We read that at the Cape of Good Hope, at White 

 Sands, also at Cape Point, and many other places along 

 the coast, there are to be seen a series of shell mounds, 

 containing large Patellidce, Haliotis and other shells. 

 The limpets are of so large a size that they make 

 convenient drinking-cups. All about the mounds are 

 to be found various stone implements used by the 

 people either Bushmen, or Hottentots.* 



In Britton's ' History of Dorset/ mention is made 

 of the finding of a small urn in a barrow in the parish 

 of Lulworth, about two inches high, and one inch in 

 diameter, neatly covered with the shell of a limpet ; but 

 it was quite empty. Necklaces of limpets and other 

 shells, strung together on fibre or sinews, are found 

 in early British graves. Beads made from the columella 

 of Strombus gigas are found in sepulchral remains in 

 Tennessee, Kentucky, and Indiana, f and the shells of 

 the Dentalium made into beads have been met with in 

 tumuli in Ohio.J In Egypt, on the mummies of children, 

 necklaces of natural shells, or shells figured in gold, 

 silver, precious stones, &c., are found chiefly, accord- 

 ing to Passalacqua, met with on those of young 

 girls. 



* ' Notes by a Naturalist on the Challenger/ by H. N. Moseley. 



t ' Prehistoric Remains,' by Dr. Daniel Wilson. 



J ' Hint Chips/ 



'A History of Egyptian Mummies/ by Thomas Joseph Petti- 

 giew, F.R.S. 



