396 J. Wood-Mason — The Prehistoric Antiquities of Ranchi. [No. 4, 1888.] 



The savages of the Andaman Islands still use a red pigment for 

 decorative purposes, as also do the Bhutea women to be seen in Dar- 

 jeeling. 



Worked flints and other stones of similar palaeolithic simplicity, 

 but from their mode of occurrence no doubt also neolithic, have 

 been discovered in the Solomon Islands (Long. 154° to 163° E., Lat. 

 6° to 11° S.) by Mr. H. B. Guppy,* who states that they "are com- 

 monly found in the soil when it is disturbed for purposes of cultivation 

 and are frequentlj^ exposed after heavy rain." 



P. S. — Since the abo\e notes were written, several more boxes of 

 relics, including some fine polished celts, of which I hope shortly to pre- 

 sent an account, have been received from Mr. Driver. 



* The Solomon Islands and their Natives, London, 1889, pp. 77 — 78. 



