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to its having been dislodged from the forest bed very shortly before the time, and 
very near the spot, on which it was found. There appears to be neither record nor 
tradition of any stone tools having been previously found under circumstances 
suggestive of a forest derivation in South Devon; but flint flakes and ‘cores’ have 
been met with in considerable numbers in the submerged forest of Barnstaple Bay, 
North Devon. An antler of red deer, fashioned into a rude but unmistakable tool, 
was found in the Torbay forest as long ago as 1852, and had thus prepared the 
mind for Mr. Watson’s discovery. ‘The same forest has yielded remains of mam- 
moth, red deer, wild hog, Bos longifrons, and sheep, or goat. 
3. Three Golden Cups. By Miss A. W. Bucktanp. 
From three cups of gold of similar pattern, which have been found, one in 
Cornwall, one in Mycenz, and one in the necropolis of ancient Tarquinia, Miss 
Buckland endeavours to show that some commercial intercourse must have existed 
between Mediterranean peoples and the British Isles during the bronze age, to 
which period the Cornish cup is assigned by antiquaries. 
It is pointed out that the museum of Corneto-Tarquinia contains, in addition 
to the cup so strongly resembling that found in Cornwall, many other articles in 
gold, which have been classed with that cup by such competent authorities as Dr. 
Evans and Mr. Franks, and especially a /unula, and some of those articles, usually 
regarded as clasps, or as having been used as money, which are found in abundance 
in Ireland, dunule having also been found in Cornwall and Scotland. 
Miss Buckland infers from these discoveries that Mediterranean races, and 
particularly the Etruscans, had established a commerce, and formed some kind of 
settlement in Ireland and perhaps in Cornwall, in prehistoric times, and points out 
that this is entirely in accordance with Irish legends, which invariably bring the 
heroes and founders of the nation from the shores of the Mediterranean. This pre- 
historic settlement, if established by further investigations, is looked upon as likely 
to clear up many obscure points in anthropology, archeology, and folk-lore; as 
barbarous races, then, as now, would naturally be slowly changed, and instructed 
in the arts of civilisation, by intercourse with those more advanced than them- 
selves. 
4, On the Koeboes and other Tribes of Sumatra, and on some Customs 
prevalent among the Inhabitants of Timor. By H. O. Forses, /.Z.S. 
The author, during five years’ journeyings in the East, visited many of the 
islands of the Malay Archipelago—Java, Sumatra, Amboina, Aru, Ké, the Ten- 
imber Islands (generally called Timor-laut), (vide Report of B.A. Committee, 
Section D, for the present year; and P.Z.S., 1873, February 20, April 17, 
May 1 and June 5), Boeroe and Timor. In Sumatra he visited, among other 
districts, the little-known people living in the plateau of the Passoemah Lands, 
who were described as pagans, having many curious customs; in this region he 
discovered several large stone images and sculptures, about which there appear 
to be no traditions as to their use, or by whom they were made, among the peoples 
of these lands, but which cannot be referred to the work of the Hindoos. Farther 
to the north, on the boundaries of the Djambi country, the author {fell in with the 
forest-dwelling tribe of the Koeboes, supposed by some to be the remnants of the 
original inhabitants of the island. A short account of their habits was given, and 
a female cranium exhibited to the section. The author then passed on to give 
some account of the inhabitants of the Portuguese portion of Timor, through which, 
by exceptional privileges given to him by his Excellency Senhor da Franga, the 
Governor, he was able to travel. He described their customs relating to marriage, 
or Barlaqué, drawing special attention to the existence in some districts of husband- 
clans and wife-clans. He next referred to what appeared to be part of their 
religious ritual, known among them under the name of Loelik; and lastly, to their 
death-rites. 
The author also drew attention to the supposed existence in Timor of a tribe of 
Negritoes. 
