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Gipsies.—Mr. McCormick, who applied to the Secretary of the 
Anthropometric Committee for instructions, has commenced aiong with 
Dr. McKie a series of measurements on the gipsies in the Border Counties 
of Scotland. As we already possess measurements of old Border families 
by the late Dr. Gregor, a comparison of these with gipsies will be 
interesting. 
Excavations on Roman Sites in Britain.— Report of the Committee, 
consisting of Dr. A. J. Evans (Chairman), Mr. J. L. Myres 
(Secretary), Professor BoyD Dawkuys, Mr. E. W. Brasroox, und 
Mr. T. AsHBy, appointed to co-operate with Local Committees in 
Excavations on Roman Sites in Britain. 
Tur Committee was appointed at Southport in 1903 with the object of 
assisting excavators of Roman sites in Britain to deal with the sub- 
sidiary problems of paleontology or non-Roman archeology which pre- 
sent themselves not infrequently in the course of an excavation which 
has primarily a Roman objective. 
The Committee has accordingly made itself acquainted with the 
course of the excavations which have been in progress on Roman sites 
during the past year. and has been favoured in certain cases with summary 
reports of their work, an abstract of which is given in Appendices A 
and B. , 
After full discussion of the circumstances thus brought to its notice, 
the Committee has decided to offer grants in aid of special researches on 
certain sites as follows: 
A, At Silchester : (a) to continue the careful examination of the wells 
found in the course of the work, with special reference to the 
stratification of their contents, and to the identification of the 
remains of plants and animals which may be found therein. 
(6) To investigate in detail the remains of the wall and ditch, with 
special reference to the relation in which the irregular wall- 
outline stands to the rectangular street-plan within it. 
B. At Caerwent: (a) To examine the contents of wells in the same 
manner as at Silchester. 
(6) To determine the age and construction of the mound and ditch 
by cutting a complete section, or otherwise. 
The Committee is satisfied, from the experience of its first year’s work- 
ing, that the method of co-operation which has been adopted has justified 
itself, and accordingly asks to be reappointed, with a further grant. 
APPENDIX A. 
Excavations at Silchester, 1903-4. 
The excavations of 1903 were begun on May 15, and continued without 
break until October 31. Despite the exceptionally wet season a con- 
siderable amount of ground was explored, and the discoveries were 
decidedly above the average. 
The area of the excavations was a triangular portion of the large field, 
covering most of the southern half of the town, immediately south-west 
of insula XXXII., explored in 1902. 
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