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the second in 1902, and in the present volume he states that he 

 incorporates the later discoveries made up to 1905, since which but 

 little has been done. 



The general section of the Harlyn Bay deposits is given by 

 Mr. Bullen as follows: — 



■ Blown shell-sand ...... 12-15 feet. 



Dark sand with slate implements, etc. . . 6 inches. 



Cists with interments ..... 2-4 feet. 



Bubble and clay ....... 1 foot. 



The author refers to the IN'eolithic implements fashioned from 

 shells of limpet and mussel, and from slate and flint. The occurrence 

 of flint is interesting, but the material is found elsewhere in Cornwall, 

 and in Mr. Reid's opinion seems to have been derived from some 

 old Tertiary deposit now beneath the sea (op. cit., p. 93). 



Figures are given of the human remains found in the cists, with 

 notes on their characters by the late Dr. Beddoe and Professor Haddon. 

 Other vertebrate remains found in Neolithic deposits include ox 

 (yBos taurus and ? B. longifrons)^ sheep, pig, horse, rabbit, and goose, 

 identified by Mr. E. T. J!^ewton. The marine and non-marine mollusca 

 are also noted, and among the latter Helix aspersa was obtained from 

 a kitchen-midden, and Hygromia montivaga (West.) from under the 

 grave-level at Harlyn. This being aLusitanian shell and an entirely 

 new record for England, the author takes the opportunity of discussing 

 the question of migration and distribution of some of the mollusca. 

 The work is of considerable interest to geologists in connexion with 

 the early or pre- Roman portion of the Holocene period; but we have 

 not referred here to many objects of archseological interest, of 

 JN^eolithic, Roman, and later dates, which have been brought to light 

 by the painstaking researches of Mr. Bullen^ and of those associated 

 with him. A useful index completes the volume. 



II. — The Geology of the South "Wales Coal-field. Pt. iii : The 

 Country around Cardiff. By Aubrey Steahan, M.A., Sc.D., 

 F.R.S., and T. C. Cantrill, B.Sc. Second edition. 8vo ; pp. viii, 

 157, with 13 text-illustrations. 1912. Price 2s. 



IN this new edition the memoir has been increased by ten pages and 

 the price has been reduced by threepence. Sundry additions 

 and corrections have been made. The useful tabular lists of the 

 Silurian fossils from Cardiff and TJsk have been omitted, perhaps on 

 account of the ever-increasing perplexities in nomenclature ; but the 

 local lists of species are given. In the Old Red Sandstone the former 

 'middle series of dull -red grits and sandstones' is now termed 

 Brownstones, and placed at the base of the Upper Old Red Sandstone ; 

 the Lower division comprises red marls with sandstones, cornstones, 

 etc. References are made to the palseontological zones in the 

 Carboniferous Limestone, but little work has been done in the Cardiff 

 area, the new information relating mainly to the zonal work of 



■^ [As we go to press the sad news reaches us of the sudden death of our dear 

 friend Mr. Bullen, on August 14, when on his way to Germany. — H. W.] 



