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even scarcer commodity here than on the Durham coast and 

 many of the flakes show traces of having- been used as cutting- 

 and sawing- tools. 



About four hundred implements, flakes, and chippings, were 

 obtained from this spot. The largest flake is no more than 

 \\ inches in length, while most are much smaller ; some of 

 the scrapers are absurdly small, resembling in this respect some 

 of the minute thumb flints from the Scotch sands. One pigmy 

 or midget implement was obtained. 



A curious implement in the form of a small "sling stone" 

 was found ; it shows the crust of the pebble on one side, and 

 was probably used as a scraping tool as the use of a lens 

 reveals numerous fine fractures on one edge onl}'. The flints 

 are all fresh and show no iron stains or other marks, and the 

 surfaces of the flakes are highly bleached and mottled from 

 exposure. 



About 10 distinct scrapers were picked up, all abnormally 

 small and none of them fitted for use in handles. 



In addition to these a quartzite core with a few quartzite 

 flakes occurred, and three or four much battered quartzite 

 striking stones. 



No arrowheads have occurred up to the present on the site, 

 and neither greenstone nor any polished implements were found. 



The rest of the Northumberland coast seems to be very un- 

 prolific in prehistoric remains. A fine arrowhead of opaque 

 flint is in the possession of the Rev. M. Fletcher of Seahouses ; 

 it was found near Bamborough, but appears to have been an 

 isolated example. Although many barrows have been opened 

 up on the Whin sill escarpment in the parish of Bamborough, 

 I failed to find any definite flint sites along this part of the 

 coast. A seemingly good locality on the coast between 

 Dunstanborough and Bamborough yielded only a single flake. 



One and All Gardening, 1906, London, the Agricultural and Horti- 

 cultural Association, Ltd., 2d. 



The eleventh issue of this popular gardening- annual, edited by E. Owen 

 Greening-, contains about 30 original articles by well-known writers. There 

 are 200 pag-es and 170 illustrations. Anyone with a garden will do well to 

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The Fifteenth Quarterly Record of the Hull Museum (Publication 

 No. 28) has been issued (A. Brown & Sons, Ltd., Hull, One Penny). It contains 

 illustrated articles on Inscribed Roman Fibulas, Rural Relics, and on a large 

 Mammoth Tooth recently found at Withernsea. There are also notes on 

 Medals ; Saurian, &c., remains ; Cremation, &c. 



1906 March i. 



