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may be." Dr. Hume in the same publication (p. 1) advocates the 

 belief that the forests and peat are the result of growth in situ, 

 and that in some cases there are successive beds of forest-remains 

 separated by strata deposited by water. The Eoman remains found 

 near Great Meols he considers the proof of a Boman settlement ; 

 and the evidences of encroachments of the sea show that the land 

 has been submerged since the growth of the forest. Mr. Boult's 

 opinions being diametrically opposed to these, the two authors have 

 brought together all the evidence they could obtain, and have thus 

 produced two papers of considerable interest to local archaeologists 

 and historians. 



In the ' Comptes Kendus,' * M. Guerin has recorded the finding 

 of a core and some flakes of obsidian in the neighbourhood of 

 Luneville, the material being the curious element in the discovery. 

 For some time this remained an isolated fact, but the perseverance 

 of M. Guerin has since been rewarded by his detecting near 

 Aingeray — a small commune in the Department of the Meurthe, — 

 some fragments of a vase remarkable for its shape and material ; 

 and very near it a chipped flake consisting of a vitreous substance. 

 On putting together the fragments of the vase, M. Guerin recog- 

 nized the shape to be the same as that of some found in accumu- 

 lations of the Bronze-age in Alsace. 



Sign. Gualterio has recorded! the discovery of a fossil human 

 cranium in the Quaternary travertin of Viterbo, associated with 

 bones of Ox, Goat, and a species of Emys. No opinion as to its more 

 precise age is hazarded by Sign. Gualterio, but the probability is that 

 it belongs to a very recent period, possibly within historic times. 



The Archaeological Institute, the British Archaeological Asso- 

 ciation, and the Cambrian Archaeological Association have held 

 their annual meetings during the past quarter at Hull, Ludlow, 

 and Hereford, respectively. Several churches, castles, and other 

 buildings were visited ; but little was done in reference to the Pre- 

 historic period. We must mention, however, that a large tumulus, 

 supposed to belong to the Boman period, was opened at Thruxton, 

 near Hereford, during the meeting of the Cambrian Association. 



In our last Chronicle we described some of the ancient inscrip- 

 tions (Oghamic, Bunic, &c.) of Ireland and Scandinavia, and we 

 have now to record the publication of Mr. John Stuart's work, 

 entitled 'The Sculptured Stones of Scotland,' in two volumes, 

 illustrated by more than 200 plates. Our space will not allow us 

 to describe the contents of this work ; but we may mention that 

 the sculptures include representations of men and animals, sym- 

 bolical figures, and Pictish, Bunic, and other inscriptions. 



Two numbers of the ' Anthropological Beview ' (Nos. 18 and 19, 



* Vol. lxv., No. 3 (July 15, 1867), p. 116. 



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