262 Notes and Comments. 



THE BRADFORD SCIENTIFIC JOURNAL. 



The part before us contains a summary of what is known 

 of the sources of the River Aire, by Mr. J. E. Wilson ; Mr. 

 H, E. Wroot writes about an Old Bradford Botanist (Dr. 

 Richard Richardson) ; Mr. A. Wilson refers to Sea Spray carried 

 inland ; Mr. C. A. E. Rodgers gives a list of the Macro-Lepidop- 

 tera in the Eshold District ; Mr. W. Leach has a paper on the 

 ' Soft Waters of the Bradford Area/ and Mr. J. Bradley des- 

 cribes the Cloudberry. There are also articles on ' A Problem 

 of Food Supply,' 'A Glacial Geologist's Note Book' (in which the 

 work of the late Carvill Lewis, in the Bradford area, is sum- 

 marised), and a New Wild Rose Hybrid, found in Upper Wharfe- 

 dale, by Mr. Samuel Margerison, and named Rosa margerisoni. 



PREHISTORIC THORPE. 



There is also an article by ' The Grassington Antiquary ' 

 (as the local picture postcards describe Mr. J. Crowther), in 

 which he adds ' another link to the chain of antiquarian dis- 

 coveries made in Upper Wharfedale during the past twenty- 

 four years', though we believe the district yielded many impor- 

 tant relics prior to that date. The present link refers to some 

 bones and a piece of pottery with ' fish-bone ' (? herring-bone) 

 markings, found while removing stones on a knoll. Mr. 

 Crowther opines that the remains are ' contemporary with 

 human bones discovered in Elbolton Cave, in the year 1888,' 

 though the evidence for such a conclusion is not given. And 

 the presence of one or two flint scrapers is certainly not ' ad- 

 ditional and undeniable proof of the antiquity of the relics ' 

 as it is quite possible they have no connection with the human 

 remains at all. Nor are we at all satisfied that ' the new 

 discovery clears up the mystery that these ancient cave dwellers, 

 or hunters of the wild boar, brown bear, griz-zly bear and cave 

 bear, had been interred outside ' the cave. No evidence is 

 given of any connection between the two. Mr. Crowther also 

 complains that a recent work on Roman roads ' never mentions 

 either sites of Roman British [sic] camps in Upper Wharfe- 

 dale, of which I know of no fewer than six.' Is it not possible 

 that the author of the book referred to may not attach quite 

 the same importance to the six ' Roman British sites ' that Mr. 

 Crowther, who is ' working alone on these hills,' does ? 



SEVENTEENTH CENTURY SCIENCE. 



Mr. A. M. Broadley, in Knowledge for August, gives an 

 interesting account of the early scientific instrument-makers, 

 deducting many of his facts from the wonderful collection of 

 trade cards which he possesses, and from which he has taken 

 his illustrations. We learn that it was a cousin of Sir Isaac 

 Newton who founded the business of Newton & Company, 



Naturalist, 



