xl Proceedings. [April 18th, ipi 6. 



President: Sydney J. Hickson, M.A., D.Sc., F.R.S. 



Vice-Preside?its : Francis Nicholson, F.Z.S. ; G. Elliot- 

 Smith, M.A., M.D., F.R.S. ; T. A. Coward, F.Z.S. , F.E.S. ; 

 W. W. Haldane Gee, B.Sc, M.Sc.Tech., A.M.I. E.E. 



Secretaries: R. L. Taylor, F.C.S., F.I.C; George Hick- 

 ling, D.Sc, F.G.S. 



Treasurer: W. Henry Todd. 



Libraria?i : C. L. Barnes, M.A. 



Other Members of the Council: R. F. Gwyther, M.A. ; 

 W. M. Tattersall, D.Sc. ; Francis Jones, M.Sc, F.R.S.E., 

 F.C.S. ; William Thomson, F.R.S.E., F.I.C, F.C.S.; Mary 

 McNicol, M.Sc. ; D. Thoday, M.A, 



Ordinary Meeting, April 18th, 191 6. 



Mr. Francis Nicholson, F.Z.S., Vice-President, 

 in the Chair. 



Professor W. Boyd Dawkixs, M.A., D.Sc, F.R.S., gave an 

 address on " The Lake Villagers of Glastonbury." 



The Lake Village of Glastonbury consisted of between 80 

 and 90 round huts surrounded by a stockade, and planted for 

 security at the edge of the sheet of water, that is now repre- 

 sented by the peat in the marshes, extending from Glastonbury 

 westward to the sea. The inhabitants smelted iron, and made 

 various edged tools and weapons — axes, adzes, gouges, saws, 

 sickles, bill-hooks, daggers, swords, spears, etc. They also 

 smelted lead ore from the Mendip Hills, and made net-sinkers 

 and spindle whorls. They probably carried on the manufacture 

 of glass beads and rings, and other personal ornaments. They 

 were also workers in tin and bronze. It is likely that the 

 beautiful Glastonbury bowl was made in the settlement, since 

 unused rivets of the same type as those of the bowl have been 

 commonly met with. They were expert spinners and weavers, 

 carpenters and potters, using the lathe at least in the former 



