33 

 NOTES AND COMiVlENTS. 



A PREHISTORIC ROUTE. 



In the Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries, 2nd 

 Ser., Vol. XXIII. , Part II.. recently "issued, Mr. E. Kitson 

 Clark has an elaborate paper on ' A Prehistoric Route in York- 

 shire.' He shews that in Denmark prehistoric roads are 

 defined by the lines of pre-Roman tumuli ; and he endeavours 

 to shew, by the aid of coloured contour maps, etc., that 

 similar methods may be adopted in Yorkshire. Though the 

 paper is interesting, it is by no means convincing. In East 

 Yorkshire it would be difficult to find a route where there were 

 no British barrows. 



MUSEUM FOR RIPON. 



Miss Darnbrough, of The Mount, Ripon, has offered to 

 hand over to the Ripon Corporation the old Thorpe Prebends 

 House. in St. Agnesgate for the purpose of a museum. The 

 house was bequeathed by the late Mr. S. Darnbrough with the 

 stipulation that it should be put into its original condition and 

 given to the Corporation when the accumulated rents amounted 

 to £600. At present only £150 has accumulated, but Miss 

 Darnbrough offered £200 if the Corporation would give the 

 remaining ;^250. The Mayor, who submitted the offer to the 

 City Council, urged that it should be accepted, as the house 

 would be a valuable asset to the antiquities of Ripon. The 

 property is valued at £1000. Oddly enough, a long discussion 

 followed. Successive amendments, first to decline the offer, 

 and secondly to accept the house only as a show place of historic 

 interest were defeated, the Mayor's resolution being adopted. 

 Possibly the entomological, etc., collections, made by the 

 late Lord Ripon, which we believe are stored at the Ripon 

 Town Hall, pending the provision of a suitable building, will 

 now be placed on exhibition. 



THE SCOTTISH NATURALIST. 



No. I of The Scottish Naturalist — a monthly magazine 

 devoted to Zoology, dated January, 1912, takes the place 

 of the well-known quarterly ' Annals of Scottish Natural 

 History.' The editors are Messrs. W. Eagle Clarke, W. Evans 

 and Percy H. Grimshaw. Botany is now excluded, and there 

 are several notes not bearing upon Scotland at all — a feature 

 we do not remember to have noticed in the ' Annals.' 

 Mr. H. J. Elwes, F.R.S., writes some valuable notes on the 

 Primitive Sheep in Scotland, and there are some new bird, etc., 

 records. As some years ago ' The Scottish Naturalist ' was 

 published and ran into several volumes, we certainly think 

 the present part should have been styled ' New Series, No. I.', 

 in order to prevent confusion to future workers. 



igi2 Feb. i. 



