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skulls) regularly worn down. The skull of the British chieftain, 
buried in a dug-out oak in the Grisethorpe barrow, and disinterred 
in 1835 (probably belonging to the transition period between the 
neolithic and bronze ages), is suggestive of the highest capacity and 
intellectual power—a veritable ruler of men. 
Now, as medical men know, we too often find weakly-developed 
facial muscles, narrow chins, high-pointed palates, mis-shapen and 
prematurely-decayed teeth, contracted nostrils, throat affections, and 
; centuries of soft, warm, cooked foods, and easy mastica- 
tion, have perhaps had their share in the production and perpetuation 
of this type. 
The time is drawing near when the midnight clocks will strike 
the last hour of this wondrous mother-age—the rgth century. 
ically we are now standing between a dead past and a living 
future, and, on looking back to the early days of this century, even 
the least thoughtful amongst us cannot fail to be struck with the 
enormous strides of science and the advances in mechanical inven- 
ton, and their appliance to the service of men. Not the least are 
the means for lightning exchange of thought, and the extraordinary 
facilities given for cheap and rapid movement from place to place,. 
So that there is little excuse for any not secing something of 
world we live in; when talking of progression I must not overlook 
—Pperhaps not the least of these remarkable and useful inventions— 
the bicycle, which has helped so many of our members to attend 
the Field Meetings. 
"ery near future, may make it possible to locate and diagnose a 
Waves which exist in the ether. A knowledge of the short waves 
a the long waves above our vision may be obtained through 
