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cials were there to welcome us in the Library of the house 

 over whose door is inscribed this quotation from Metivier : — 



"FIER COUM CYRUS, 



MES VIERS GARCONS, J'VOS OUVRE L'US, 



L'US D'MA CAUMINE." 



welcoming workers in the field of science and research. A 

 hasty look round, and it was really only a glance, at the 

 precious contents of the cases, about which our old friend 

 Mr. Sinel discoursed enthusiastically as well as scientifically, 

 and we were called in to tea in the Library. The President 

 of the Societe Jersiaise in a few words of welcome and Col. 

 de Guerin in a suitable replj , made us feel that we were no 

 longer strangers in a far-off land, but among friends, although 

 the acquaintanceship had been made so recently. We felt we 

 were in for a good time, and events proved the truth of the 

 thought. 



The next day, Monday, July 31st, was the first of our 

 perigrinations in earnest. We took the train to St. Aubin 

 and thence through the lovely lanes in which Jersey can give 

 us so many points, to Noirmont Manor, where the Seigneur, 

 Mr. Guy de Gruchy, welcomed us. Anciently the seat of the 

 Pipons, its many vicissitudes in ownership have left their 

 mark and the severe style of the typical Jersey Manor-house 

 has given way to modern comfort and convenience. The 

 grounds are full of well-grown and rare trees. 



Carriages took some, and others walked to the Hougue 

 de Noirmont on a hill at the back of the estate. This was 

 examined many years ago by the Societe Jersiaise in its 

 younger days as a Society and the results recorded in their 

 Bulletins. It consists of a circular rubble wall about 30 feet 

 in diameter and was apparently a burial-place of some person 

 of note, possibly the prehistoric version of a Seigneur of 

 Noirmont, but the evidences in the way of pottery or weapons 

 of its age are quite wanting. 



Our next move was to what was the cream of the whole 

 excursion, the Cotte de St. Brelade. We had heard of Homo 

 Br chide nsis, the Jersey Neanderthal, had even been privileged 

 to gaze at some of his teeth ; we had also heard of and seen 

 the Mammoth's tooth and similar belongings of the hyasna, 

 the woolly rhinoceros and other fearsome beasts from Mr. 

 Sinel at the Museum, so that we were prepared for anything 

 which might turn up. The way was circuitous, not to say 

 precipitous, but nearly all our party safely negotiated the 

 path and arrived to find Dr. Marett and his band of devoted 



