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" In every case the bones which contain marrow are split 

 open in the manner best adapted for its extraction, and 

 this peculiarity, which has not been observed in bones from 

 the true Tertiary strata, is in itself satisfactory proof of the 

 presence of man." The long tract that stretches from Burg- 

 head to the village of Findhorn probably contains several 

 of these shelly heaps ; at least, near the last-named place, 

 collections of them appear, in which the mussel is a large 

 element, and which seem to be very different, both as to 

 locality and contents, from those accumulations throwm out 

 by the present race of fishermen. Meft-hill, near Urquhart, 

 and also a spot on the east side of the Findrassie property, 

 have been the sitesof the ancient Kjokken-Moddinger. They 

 are to be seen between Delnies and Fort-George ; and if 

 they also occur, as is supposed, in the seaward parts of 

 Culbin sands, it would be interesting to trace the line of 

 demarcation between them and those vestiges of a more 

 recent human occupancy than are frequently to be seen in 

 that now desolate region. 



Mr Lubbock states, that " the absence of human remains 

 satisfactorily proves that the primitive population of the 

 North were free from the practice of cannibalism. On the 

 other hand, the tumuli have supplied us with numerous 

 skeletons of this period. The skulls are very round, and in 

 many respects resemble those of the Laps, but have a more 

 projecting ridge over the eye. One curious peculiarity was, 

 that their front teeth did not overlap as ours do, but met one 

 another, as do those of the Greenlanders at the present day. 

 This evidently indicates a peculiar manner of eating. Much 

 (continues Mr Lubbock) as still remains to be made out re- 

 specting the men of the Stone period, the facts already ascer- 

 tained, like a few strokes by a clever draughtsman, supply 

 us with the elements of an outline sketch." 



Dr Smith stated in regard to the next paper, — that as the 

 Bronze Implement was the most important of the remains 

 found in the gravel bed, he had recently brought the sub- 

 ject under the notice of the Society of Antiquaries of Scot- 

 land, and presented the relic, with the bones, to their 



