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trailing stems of Travellers' Joy. Of the dark- haired and dark-eyed 

 people found in the villages he says:— "So far as I could make out 

 there were dark people of three originally distinct and widely different 

 races on the Wiltshire Downs. There was a good deal of mixed blood, 

 no doubt, and many dark persons could not be identified as belonging 

 to any particular race. Nevertheless three distinct types could be 

 traced among the dark people, and I took them to be, first, the gipsy, 

 rather short of -stature, brown skinned, with broad face and high cheek 

 bones. Secondly, the men and women of white skins and good features 

 who had rather broad faces and round heads, and were physically and 

 mentally just as good as the best blue-eyed people ; these were probably 

 the descendants of the dark broad-faced Wilsetse, who came over at the 

 time when the country was being overrun with the English, and other 

 nations or tribes, and who colonized in Wiltshire and gave it their name. 

 The third type differed widely from both the others. They were 

 smallest in size and had narrow heads and long or oval faces, and were 

 very dark, with brown skins ; they also differed mentally from the 

 others, being of a more lively disposition and hotter temper. The 

 characteristics which distinguish the ancient British or Iberian race 

 appear to predominate in persons of this type." 



Reminiscences of the old hard times for the labourers and the resulting 

 machine riots in 1830, of sheep stealing and other matters which are 

 now things of the past fill many pages, but the anecdotes of Caleb's 

 dogs and of dogs that Caleb knew fill more. 



A pleasantly written book, giving a good picture of the shepherd 

 and his life and ways on the South Wilts Downs. 



Long review, Times Literary Supplement, Sept. 29th, 1910. 



Sir Thomas Fowler, Bart. Extracts from a Memoir of the late 

 Sir Thomas Fowler printed for private circulation by his brother-in- 

 law, Sir Alfred Pease, describing his death as he led his men to the 

 attack of Olivier's Farm, in the South African War, and also the 

 cemetery at Ficksburg, where he lies buried, are printed in the Wilt- 

 shire Gazette, June 16th, 1910. 



Orator Hunt. In the Wiltshire Gazette, June 16th, 1910, Mr. R. 

 Parsons gives a number of interesting particulars of Hunt's life and 

 career. 



Old Sarum Excavation Fund. Report of the Ex- 

 cavation Committee to the Society of Antiquaries 



for 1909. Oxford. 1910. 



Pamphlet, 8vo., pp., including title, 18, with two folding plans. 



This report, which has been sent to all the members of the Wiltshire 

 Archaeological Society, gives a good and full account of the work 

 accomplished during the year 1909, the excavation of the Gatehouse 

 and Postern Tower, and of the objects found in the excavations. A 

 List of the Research Committee of the Society of Antiquaries, and of 

 the local Wiltshire Committee is also given. 



The Salisbury Times, August 19th, 1910, reprinted copious extracts 

 from this report with a long article, commending the work of excava- 

 tion, followed by another article in the issue of August 26th. 



