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■which this was certainly the case, and some in which the meteorite became an 

 object of worship. The author suggests that the occasional possibility of such an 

 origin of stone-worship should always be kept in view. 



3. On the Prehistoric Antiquities of the Neighbourhood of Bristol. 

 By Professor C. Lloyj) Morgan. 



The author gave a short account, illustrated by lantern slides, of the camps and 

 megalithic remains to be visited during the meeting in connection with excursions. 

 The chief point of novelty and interest was the exposure of some of the ' dry wall- 

 ing ' of the Stoheleigh Camp on the Somerset side of the Avon just across the 

 Clifton Suspension Bridge. Excavations had been made which showed that th& 

 main rampart was crowned by a wall, footed on the heaped-up mass of Carboni- 

 ferous limestone fragments, the base protected by large and massive stones. This 

 * dry walling ' differs somewhat from that described by W, C. W. Dymond at 

 Warlebury. There is no mortar ; and the work may be regarded as undoubtedly 

 pre-Roman. 



4. On the Circles of Stanton Dreiv. 

 By A. L. Lewis, F.C.A., Treas. Anthr. Inst. 



The author showed that the diameters of tlie circles, and the distances between 

 them and the other stones forming this group of monuments were in carefully 

 measured proportions, after allowing for a smaller error of workmanship than is 

 usually found in early British remains. The significant numbers 5, 7, 9, and 19 

 are particularly prominent in the proportions. The different members of the group 

 were also arranged in lines with each other in a manner which could not have been 

 the result of mere accident. The author preferred not to hinder the reception of 

 these facts by attempting to discuss their meaning, though he could offer explana- 

 tions of some of them which were satisfactory to himself. He regards the ' Cove ' 

 as the remains not of a tomb, but of a shrine, such as stood in the circles at Abiiry 

 and Arborlowe. 



5. On the Survival of Paleolithic Conditions in Tasmania and Australia, 

 tvith Especial Reference to the Modern Use of Unground Stone 

 Implements in West Australia. By Professor E. B. Tylor, F.R.S. 



The stone implements from Tasmania, the making and use of which by the 

 natives came under the observation of the colonists during the first half of this 

 century, have a character which may be called quasi-paloeohthic. They were 

 fragments or flakes of stone, in no case ground, but edged by chipping on one face 

 only, and trimmed so as to afford a grasp to the hand, no haft of any kind being 

 used. These instruments correspond to some extent with scrapers, &c., belonging 

 to the Drift and Cave periods in Europe, but their general rudeness, and the 

 absence among them of symmetrical double-edged and pointed implements like the 

 flint picks of Old World palseolithic times, place the modern Tasmanians at a 

 distinctly lower stage than the Europeans of the mammoth period. The stone 

 implements found in Tasmania, of which some good collections have now been 

 made, indicate a state of the Stone Age in past times not essentially different from 

 that found in actual existence before the disappearance of the native population. 

 It is necessary to consider these quasi-palaeolithic implements, old or new, apart 

 from the few cases of ground stone hatchet-blades iixed in handles, which are 

 now admitted to have been introduced in modern times by Australian natives. 



The purpose of the present paper is to ofler evidence making it likely that 

 the early Stone Age condition characterising Tasmania extended within no distant 

 period over the whole Australian continent. A native Australian hatchet hafted 

 with gum on a stick-handle was exhibited, lent by Mr. W. Ayshford Sanford, of 



