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improvement of the people by the delivery of lectures, 

 and the formation of classes in Natural History, Physical 

 Sciences, &c." In England such lessons are given in some 

 Elementary Schools ; they enter the regular curriculum of 

 most higher grade schools ; and would in Guernsey be of 

 great benefit morally and intellectually to the rising generation. 



One subject has received special attention during these 

 two years, viz., that branch of Archeology which treats of 

 ancient stone monuments ; those megolithic remains of which 

 Guernsey fortunately possesses more than a usual proportion. 

 One great practical work in connection with them has been 

 carried out during the year. At the expense of the States 

 all the larger cromlechs or dolmens (as we wish in future to 

 call them) have been thoroughly cleared out and explored, 

 and the stones fixed accurately in their original positions, 

 and this work has been carried out in the most painstaking 

 manner, so satisfactorily as to be highly applauded by all 

 antiquarians who have seen the work completed. In some 

 places where a similar process has been undertaken by private 

 individuals, the result has been disastrous, the restoration 

 having been carried out in so careless a manner, that a student 

 basing his observations on such restored monuments would 

 frequently be led to false conclusions. It would have been 

 far better in such cases that the structures had been left in 

 their old condition ; but when, as in the case of our dolmens, 

 they were falling into ruins, we cannot but be pleased to see 

 them saved from perishing, and thankful that they have been 

 so faithfully and accurately replaced. 



No important discoveries were made during the progress 

 of these operations, nor could we have expected them. The 

 exploration by Mr. Lukis, some 60 years ago, was so thorough 

 that only under exceptional circumstances could discoveries 

 have been expected. Such a case occurred at De Tus, 

 where the second in size of the capstones, being fractured, 

 had fallen in ; the fragment being so large was not raised by 

 Mr. Lukis, but now with proper tackle at hand, it has been 

 lifted, supported, and bound firmly in its original position, 

 and in consequence Rev. G. E. Lee was able to collect a few 

 specimens of bones, pottery, &c, from the small area thus 

 freshly exposed, and to recover a portion of a very elegant 

 flint knife from one of the cists. It is possible now to 

 measure the exact area of the principal chambers, to note all 

 the cists and other additions to the original enclosure, and to 

 get an accurate idea of them. 



