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the solstitial sunrise, as he seems to believe, and 
will not be for centuries. 
An excellent view of Stonehenge, taken from 
a war balloon, is here reproduced (Fig. 1). 
Another interesting illustration (Fig. 2) shows 
an inscribed stone, believed to be the only one of 
its type found in Britain, which lies near the 
Fosbury camp, some seven miles north-by-west 
from Andover. This stone is covered on its flat 
surface with curious, irregular, waved markings, 
for which, so far, no satisfactory explanation is 
forthcoming. The author compares it with a 
photograph of one of the sculptured stones found 
at Carnac, in Brittany, and remarks on _ the 
general resemblance. While generically similar 
there is a marked difference, for on most of the 

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Wiltshire pond makers in their invincible 
ignorance ’’ always put the layer of straw—the 
theoretical function of which is to act as an 
insulating layer—on top of the clay, “and yet 
their ponds somehow hold water better than their 
critics’ theories.” Evidently the subject of 
““dew ponds’’ is not yet exhausted ! 
We would fain discuss this Hampshire Arch- 
eology at greater length but space forbids, and 
we venture to believe that, when circumstances 
permit, many people will wish to take the book 
and follow the author’s most interesting itiner- 
ary, seeing and discussing. 
The third part of the work is invaluable and 
consists of eight appendices. The first gives the 
author’s excellent method of measuring and 


Fic. 2.—The stone by Chute Causeway. 
stones we have examined at Carnac and Gav- 
rinis there is a regularity of pattern—a concentric 
system of semicircles standing on a diameter— 
which is lacking in the Hampshire ‘‘ Kenward- 
stone.”’ Yet the general similarity is very strik- 
ing and the problem presented, as to the purpose 
and meaning of the patterns, is one of great 
interest. There can be no question as to the 
artificial origin of the markings on the stones 
seen in Brittany, especially those in the huge 
dolmen on the island of Gavrinis. 
Such problems as these are raised and clearly 
discussed throughout the book. One surprising 
example is the description of the much-discussed 
“dew ponds,” or, as the author prefers to call 
them, eemMiste sponds; sueblemestates, that | (the 
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From ‘‘ An Introduction to Field Archzology as Illustrated by Hampshire.” 
taking notes; numbers. two and three classify and 
locate more than 140 earthworks, etc., examined 
by the author in Hampshire. In the fourth and 
fifth each earthwork is briefly and _ scientifically 
described in a special note, and each description 
is accompanied by a hachured plan (scale 
=1/5,000) and a section all properly scaled and 
oriented: this is most valuable. Then there are 
very brief descriptions of ‘‘ supposed earth- 
works,”’ a list of “places not yet visited,” and 
some notes on the ancient roads in the country, 
while at the end there is a map of the country on 
which are superposed the positions of the various 
earthworks, etc., visited by the author. 
W. E. ROLsTOn. 
