4 Notes and Comments. 
EAST ANGLIAN PRE-HISTORIANS.* 
This publication contains a number of papers bearing 
upon the Society’s work, most of which have reference to 
East Anglia. Among the contributors are J. Reid Moir, 
Rev. H. G. O. Kendall, Louisa L. F. Gaton, W. G. Clarke, 
J. G. Marsden, H. Dixon Hewitt, A. Leslie Armstrong, T. E. 
Nuttall, A. E. Peake, R. H. Chandler, Reginald A. Smith, 
Henry Dewey, Nina F. Layard, Alfred BellandC.5.Tomes. Of 
more particular interest to northern readers is an article on 
‘The Occurrence of Paleoliths in North-East Lancashire,’ by 
Dr. Nuttall, and a paper on ‘ A Carib Type of Axe found in 
Yorkshire,’ by Mr. Armstrong. Mr. Armstrong kindly showed 
us this axe-head some time ago, and we are satisfied, as indeed 
Mr. Armstrong quotes in his paper, that it is of Borrowdale 
Ash and is of Neolithic age. Nothwithstanding this opinion, 
which apparently is not accepted, most of his paper has refer- 
ence to what one writer describes as ‘a fine example of the 
exceedingly rare West Indian Carib Type of Axe.’ 
‘ THEORIES.” 
Mr. Armstrong asks: ‘If their Carib origin is admitted, 
how can their European distribution in Neolithic times be 
accounted for?’ Personally we think it much more likely 
that a Borrowdale ash axe-head found near Burley is of local 
origin, the same as are the thousands of other axe-heads found 
in the county, rather than that they have been brought into 
this country in Neolithic times from the West Indies. Such 
a theory is about as absurd as that which was advanced in all 
seriousness a little while ago to account for small flint flakes 
at Scunthorpe in Lincolnshire, because somewhat similar 
implements occurred in India. It was then suggested that 
some Indians had sailed to Scunthorpe in a boat and left these 
remains behind. Surely it must be seen that precisely similar 
objects can occur in countries far apart when the material 
available and the needs of the natives are similar. 
LINCOLNSHIRE MOLLUSCA. 
Mr. J. F. Musham has published a ‘ List of Lincolnshire 
Land and Freshwater Mollusca’ (Selby, 22 pages). It contains 
elaborate details and localities of the various species, and notes 
on Limnea glabra in captivity, on Vivipara contecta, Anodonta 
cygnea, etc. Mr. Musham’s object in printing it was in order to 
make his notes more accessible, and we understand only about 
half a dozen copies were issued. We are indebted to him for 
one. We recently had an opportunity of examining his 
extensive collection of Lincolnshire shells, which contains 
many rare examples. 

* Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society of East Anglia, Vol. II., part 
I (157 pages, 3s. 6d. net). 
Naturalist, 
