i^o Notes and Comments. 



Ag-e' cannot be clearly defined as that period during- which the 

 metal bronze was used exclusively for the manufacture of imple- 

 ments, etc. Stone was unquestionably used well into the bronze 

 period, just as the use of bronze was continued after the intro- 

 duction of iron. Among-st the many interesting- objects figured, 

 some unique chalk drums, from a barrow on Folkton Wolds, 

 East Yorkshire, are probably the most puzzling-. These are 



Fig. B. Ornamentation of Chalk Drums, Folkton. 



iigurcd herewith, by the permission of the Trustees of the 

 British Museum. Figure A shows the largest of the three, two- 

 lliirds natural size, the details of the ornamentation of the top 

 and sides of which are shown on Figs. 3 and 3a. Fig-s. i and 2 

 represent details of the smaller drums. The designs are cut in 

 the hard chalk, and are thought to show a connection with the 

 '.Kgean ' culture of the Mediterranean. Everything- points to 

 the transmission of that influence to the British Islands by way 

 of Spain. 



Naturalist, 



