Old Halifax. I2I 
many other pieces of information in the book, there would 
appear in the past to have been more connection between Hull 
and Halifax even than might be assumed from the well-known 
beggar’s litany. 
It is the third part of the volume, dealing with ‘ Prehistoric 
Halifax,’ that will appeal more to the readers of this journal. 
In this the author justifiably deplores the careless way in which 
the tumuli in the district have, in early times, been ruthlessly 
rifled, resulting in more harm than good being done, particularly 
as in most cases the objects obtained have been for ever lost 
or destroyed. More recently, however, the Blackheath Barrow, 
near Todmorden, has been carefully opened, the valuable results 
of which are described in detail by Dr. J. L. Russell in the 
final chapter. The scientific results achieved by these more 
Fig. 2.—Bronze axe found at Mixenden. 
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systematic excavations contrast with the few facts left to us as 
the result of the ‘prospecting’ of earlier workers. Mr. Roth 
describes in detail the various vases; flint, polished stone and 
bronze implements, etc., of British date which have been found 
in the Halifax neighbourhood. How much more interesting 
and valuable his story would have been if the Bankfield Museum 
had been in existence, say, during the last hundred years, and all 
the local objects found had been placed therein! Of a few of the 
implements figured, however, we are by no means sure of the 
authenticity, an opinion apparently shared by the author himself. 
The objects figured herewith (fig. 1), ‘found in the outcrop of 
Hard Bed Clay in Shibden Park,’ z/an implement, is unique. In 
the other illustration which we are kindly permitted to repro- 
duce, is a bronze axe head of the Palstave type, found at Mixen- 
1907 March 1. 
