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carefully barbed and poisoned, a scratch from ouo of them being sufticieut to cause 

 death. 



Oa an Urn from CJuuUeiffJi, Devon. Bij W. Pkxgelly, F.R.S. 



In February 187G, some workmen, digging- a pit in a field on the property 

 of Mr. W. Brodrick, near Ohudleigh, in Uevousbire, discovered an nru two feet 

 below the surface. The urn was unfortunately broken by the workmen's tools before 

 it was seen ; but Mr. Brodrick, who was immediately called, found its base intact 

 and in situ., with fragments of bone and bits of charcoal lying on it undisturbed. 

 Efforts were made to preserve the integrity of the bottom, but utterly failed, and 

 the urn is now simply a heap of about 70 small fragments. It is obvious, however, 

 that its base was ellipsoidal, and measured about 7x4'5 inches. Mi-. Franks is of 

 opinion that there is no reason to doubt that the urn is Eomau, and perhaps made in 

 this country. ^Ir. Busk and Mr. Flower say there is no suspicion of the bones 

 being human, but that the)' think them, without doubt, those of goat or sheep, 

 with the possible exception of a fragment of a tibia. 



On Relics of Totsmism in Scotland in Historic Times. By J. S. Phene. 



On the Arthurian Apple and the Serpent of the Ancients. Bij J. S, PuENi. 



On Birjht-handedness. By James Shaw. 



On the Mental Progress of Animals during the Human Period 

 By James Shaw. 



On two Sl'uUs from the Andaman Islands. By Dr. Allen Thomsox, F.R.S. 



GEOGRAPHY. 



■ A'Idress hy F. J. V.xx^.i, C.B., F.R.S., Capt-nn R.N., President of the 



Section. 



Two events notable in the annals of Geograplii{>al Science have lo be recorded 

 since the last meeting of the British Association ; and these events, as bearing 

 materially on the advancement of our knowledge of geography, are deserving the 

 special commendation of tliis Section. 1 refer to the successful issue of Cameron's 

 land journey across the tropical regions of Southern Africa, and to the successful 

 completion of the sea voyage of the 'Challenger' — a voj'age which in its scope 

 included the circumnavigation of the globe, the traver.-~ing the several oceans 

 between the 50th parallel of North -latitude and the ani.irctic circle, and the 

 exploration throughout, by the medium of the sounding-line and dredge, of the 

 contour-features, the formation, and the animal life of the great oceanic lied. 



