210 REPORTS ON THE STATE OF SCIENCE.—1914. 
(17) E. G. Coker: Paper cited in Note 14 and the following :—The 
Optical Determination of Stress, ‘ Phil. Mag.,’? 1910. The Distribution of 
Stress at the Minimum Section of a Cement Briquette, ‘ International 
Association for Testing Material,’ 1912.. The Effects of Holes and Semi- 
circular Notches on the Distribution of Stress in Tension Members, ‘ Phy- 
sical Society of London,’ 1913. 
(18) E. G. Coker: An Optical Determination of the Variation of 
Stress in a Thin Rectangular Plate subjected to Shear, ‘ Proc. Roy. 
Soc.,’ 1912. 
(19) E. G. Coker and W. A. Scoble: The Distribution of Stress due 
toa Rivet in a Plate, ‘ Transactions of the Institution of Naval Architects,’ 
1913. 
(20) A. Mesnager: Mesure des efforts intérieurs dans les solides et 
applications, ‘International Association for Testing Materials,’ Buda- 
Pesth Congress, 1901. 
The Lake Villages in the Neighbourhood of Glastonbury.— 
Report of the Committee, consisting of Professor W. Boyp 
Dawkins (Chairman), Mr. WiLLouGHBY GARDNER (Secre- 
tary), Professor W. RipcEway, Sir ArTHUR J. Evans, Sir C. 
HERcuLES READ, Mr. H. Batrour, and Mr. A. BULLEID, 
appointed to investigate the Lake Villages in the Neighbour- 
hood of Glastonbury in connection with a Committee of the 
Somersetshire Archeological and Natural History Society. 
‘Drawn up by Mr. ARTHUR BULLEID and Mr. H. St. GEorGE 
Gray, the Directors of the Excavations.) 
Tur fifth season’s exploration of the Meare Lake Village by the 
Somersetshire Archeological and Natural History Society began on 
May 13, 1914, and will be continued until May 27 (exclusive of filling 
in). The ground being excavated is situated in the same field and is 
continuous with the work of previous years. As the report has to be 
sent in on May 22, while the excavations are in progress, any notes 
regarding the work will necessarily be incomplete and curtailed. There 
has been considerable difficulty this year in procuring labour, and it 
is proposed to reopen the excavations in September. The digging 
includes the examination of the ground situated to the north-east of 
Dwelling-Mound V., south-east of Dwelling-Mound VII., the south- 
west quarter of Dwelling-Mound IX., and the ground lying to the 
north-east of Dwelling-Mound XVIII. There is little of interest, so 
far, to note structurally, but the number and importance of the objects 
found have been well maintained. 
Tue REtics. 
This report is called for before the season’s work is half completed, 
and at a time when the excavators are only on the fringe of two well- 
defined dwelling-mounds. Hence there is little to say with regard 
to the relics so far discovered. 
Bone.—The bone objects include part of two needles, worked tibia 
of sheep and ox, tarsal and carpal bones of sheep, cut and perforated. 
