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was in 1901 that he visited this island. As the water was low at 
the time, they were able to stand on the woodwork of which the island 
is partly composed. It then measured about 15 feet by 20 feet, and 
is distant 25 yards from the shore. 
Another resident in the Loch Lomond district, Mr. MacGregor, 
farmer, Garabel, reported seeing a large cairn of stones or small island 
at the mouth of the River Falloch on the north or Ardleish side. This 
he hoped to investigate more fully during the coming summer. From 
the above information there is every reason to hope that this loch 
will prove of great interest, for even if some of the islands suggested 
prove to be natural, the fact that one has already been certified as 
artificial by so competent observers as Dr. Munro and Mr. MacRitchie 
leads one to suspect that others will be in the same category. 
AppitTionaL Norte. 
By Mr. Huan Monro, C.H., Kilmarnock. 
Description of a supposed Artificial Island in a small Loch near 
Loch Ranza, Arran, 
The loch with the island is situated about a mile up the valley 
from Loch Ranza Pier and about 500 yards to the south of the public 
road. It lies at the base of a steep hill, and a small burn flows from 
the north-west end to the river. The bottom of the loch is gravelly, 
and it does not appear to be of great depth. The island lies towards 
the north shore, and is probably 40 feet long by 10 feet wide, and 
covered with bushes (a species of willow). In one place there was 
an almost continuous line of peaty matter from the island to the shore, 
and I reached the island by laying ladders on this peat, which was 
otherwise too soft to bear my weight. The island had a thick growth 
of grass, and felt quite solid underfoot. Deer had formed a path around 
it, and I learned afterwards that in dry summers children could wade 
to it. I had no implements for digging, and so could not examine the 
structure of the place, but quite close to the solid part I could push 
a pole six or eight feet through soft mud. There is no evidence to 
show that the island is artificial; my reason for supposing it to be so 
is that the island appeared out of place in the geological configuration 
of the neighbourhood of the loch. 
The Organisation of Anthropometric Investigation in the British 
Isles.—Report of the Committee, consisting of Professor A. 
THOMSON (Chairman), Dr. F. C. SHRUBSALL (Secretary), Dr. 
G. A. AupEN, Dr. DuckwortH, Professor A. KEITH, and 
Professor G. ELLIoT SMITH. 
Tue Committee fully considered the lines of possible future work, and 
concluded that the most useful and pressing subject would be the corre- 
lation and co-ordination of the records of physique now being accumu- 
lated by the medical officers of the various education authorities. This 
subject would, however, require a large part of the time of anyone who 
