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Antiquiny, illustrated by photographs, one of which is here repro- 

 duced by the courtesy of the Editor. Mr. Leadman no doubt 

 rightly considers that these stones were erected by the Britons, 

 and were probably connected with the earliest form of worship. 

 The}' are of Millstone Grit and were most likely procured from 

 Plumpton, eleven miles distant. The upper parts are grooved, 

 not artificially, but ' by the hand of time and the rains of 

 centuries.' 



THE BRADFORD MUSEUM, 



Mr. Butler Wood, Chief Librarian of the City of Bradford, 

 has presented a report to his Committee on the future of 

 the Cartwright Memorial Hall, which is largely based on the 

 discussion which took place at the Bradford meeting of the 

 Museums Association (see Naturalist, September 1902, p. 288). 

 Curators from various museums expressed their opinions as to 

 the best method of utilising the limited space at the disposal of 

 the Committee, and it is only natural that Mr. Wood should 

 accept those recommendations which coincided with his own 

 views, viz., that the Museum should be devoted to Ethnology, 

 Archaeology, and Art. 



AND xNATURAL HISTORY. 



Unquestionably the report is correct in the statement that 

 'the abandonment of the idea of the Natural History scheme 

 would doubtless cause disappointment to many interested in the 

 subject,' and we trust that the scientific men of Bradford will do 

 their utmost to frustrate the attempt to exclude this section, 

 particularly in view of the fact that the Bradford Corporation is 

 already in possession of a goodly number of specimens, pre- 

 sented to and accepted by them to form a nucleus of a Natural 

 History Museum. 



As was well pointed out by many of the Curators at 

 the Museums Conference, what could possibly be more 

 valuable to the inhabitants of Bradford than that the collec- 

 tions should be devoted to local Geology, Natural History, and 

 Antiquities? Mr. Butler Wood has greatly interested himself 

 in local Antiquities ; consequently we find a recommendation to 

 the effect that a section should be devoted to these. It is a pity 

 that he was not similarly interested in Geology and Natural 

 History ; but others are, and we hope they will not allow the 

 present opportunity of stating their claims to ^o by. 



1903 February i. 



