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a chopper, and for about half its distance, on one side, is 

 considerably blunted, though evidently it was done a long 

 time ago, and it was in this condition when found. Like the 

 Northumberland example, there is a broad low central ridge, 

 which gradually tapers towards the point, outside which the 

 edge of the halberd is reached, after passing two smaller ridges 

 at the sides. The specimen in its present state is 7I" long, 

 and 2|" wide at the bottom and ~" across at the pointed edge. 

 When complete it would probably be 9" or gh" in length, 

 and nearly 3V' across at the widest part. 



The last specimen to be described, No. 29, was dug up in 

 Holderness while ploughing. It is evidently the point of a 

 plough-share of the Bronze Age. The top and bottom are 

 quite rounded and, like the point, is blunt. The socket is 

 oval and extends to within an inch of the point. The hole 

 on each side evidently enabled a rivet to fasten the point 

 to the plough. It is 5§-" long, and at the top of the socket 

 if'Xi" across. Evans does not mention anything of this 

 kind in his book, but I saw one precisely similar to this, figured 

 in the Transactions of an Antiquarian Society in the south of 

 England, a little while ago. 



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Cumberland Mosses. — The following mosses were gathered 

 in the Caldbeck district, and on the surrounding hills, in 

 mid Cumberland. All doubtful species were submitted to, 

 and kindly verified by, Mr. William Ingham, B.A. : — Andrecea 

 petrophila Ehrh., common on rocks on Carrock Fell. Dicrano- 

 weisia cirrata Lindb., a small form on the ground in Roughtin 

 Gill. Campylopus atrovirens De Not., at the foot of High 

 Pike. Grimmia pulvinata Sm., on rocks and walls, common. 

 G. Doniana Sm., on rocks in Roughtin Gill. Rhacomitrhim 

 heterostichum Brid., abundant. Encalypta streptocarpa Hedw., 

 on wall in Hesket Newmarket. Ulota crispa Brid., in a wood 

 below Park Head, on Oak. Tetraplodon mnioides B. and S., 

 Carrock Fell, on ground at 2,000 feet. Philonotis fontana 

 Brid., in boggy places in Roughtin Gill, and high up on High 

 Pike. Weber a nutans Hedw., top of Carrock Fell (2174 feet), 

 on ground. Bryum inclinatnm Bland., Roughtin Gill, on 

 ground. Neckera complanata Hubn., stone wall in Caldbeck 

 village. Anomodon viticulosus Hook, and Tayl., at tree roots 

 in the ' Howk.' Pleuropus sericeus Dixon, fruiting specimens 

 on a wall in Caldbeck. Brachythechtm purum, Dixon, found 

 with fruit on a hedge bank on Warnel Fell. Hylocomium 

 triquetrum B. and S., abundant in the ' Howk.' Among Hep- 

 atics, I found the rather uncommon Lophozia Fleorkii (W. 

 and M.) Schiffn., growing on rocks on Carrock Fell. — Jas. 

 Murray, 2 Balfour Road, Carlisle. 



1917 May 1. 



