302 REV. J. MAGENS MELLO, M.A, F.G.S., ETC. 
Vanquelin gave copper 85, tin 14, and iron | per cent. and showed 
no trace of lead.” That would be the tin bronze, I presume. 
There are one or two analyses that I might read as to the presence 
of lead and tin together :— 
Copper. Tin. Lead. 
‘ Platvcelt, Ireland... /. 86:98 Zee, — 
CMMlammed scaly iii vue ne OTS 9°82 —- 
“Palstrave (mean) . . . . 89:33 9:20 — 
« Palstrave, Hite. <2)/) 81:19 18°31 0-75 
“ A bronze trumpet found at 
1D (oh gists Way Sia CA A psa a fs Ns cE 10:87 Aa ide 
Here it would appear that the lead could hardly be introduced 
accidentally in that quantity. 
“ A caldron from Scotland . 92°89 Hild 1:78” 
These seem most important analyses. Then in respect of Mr. 
Charlesworth’s remarks, I think they are of extreme value with 
regard to the suggestion of the first discovery of tin as utilisable 
ore, for the extreme weight of tin ore must, I should say, attract 
attention at once. Any one picking up a pebble from the stream 
would say, I should think, ‘‘ Here is an extraordinary pebble,” and 
would contrast the weight with the ordinary ones, and it would 
probably suggest to him that there was something metallic in it, as 
Mr. Charlesworth said ; knowing, from his experience of copper and 
other metal ores, that metals are, as a rule, heavier than ordinary 
stone. Apart from that, it seems difficult to understand what could 
- have led originally to the use of tin in conjunction with copper. The 
whole thing suggests a great deal of experiment and intelligence on 
the part of the first discoverers, and a very Jong line of experiments 
must have been carried out before the most suitable methods of 
working were hit upon. With regard to perforated bronze axes, I 
am aware that some copper axes, perforated, have been found in 
Hungary. I think I ought to express my obligation, if you will allow 
me, to Mr. Brown for so kindly coming here this evening, and I am 
extremely obliged to him for the most interesting remarks, and also 
for those specimens which he has brought before us, for I think, with 
him, that these discoveries of flints (and most remarkable flints they 
are), and the fact that they can be traced from India into Europe, 
does show a possible connexion between the makers of these Indian 
objects and of those we find in Europe, and possibly, as some one has 
suggested, the early manufacturers of bronze may have been Indian 
tinkers,—a gipsy sort of people who travelled with their art and 
