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the ' sharp sight,' but it is nowhere compared with his imagina- 

 tion when he endeavours to account for the objects his sharp 

 sight has detected. 



A NEW THEORY FOR THE ROOS CARR IMAGE. 

 What a time these primitive Christopher Cokimbuses must 

 have had in their Uttle 'rude vessel.' We presume they would be 

 so small that only a very limited supply of food and water would 

 meet their requirements, the conveyance of which would not 

 embarrass them. We feel sorry that the dug-out canoe figured 

 in this journal for June was so very large. It was found at 

 Brigg, only a few miles away from Scunthorpe, where the 

 pigmy flints were found. Had it been the size of the model 

 boat found at Roos Carrs, near W^ithernsea, it might have 

 passed off as positive proof of this early Indian invasion. 

 Perhaps Mr. Gatty has not seen the boat and images referred 

 to. If not we should like to refer him to this journal for June 

 1903 in which they are figured and described. The figures are 

 about 14 inches in height, and when first found were armed 

 with ' pigm}' ' clubs and ' pigmy ' shields, corresponding very 

 well with the 'pigmy' flints from Scunthorpe. This Roos Carr 

 boat, also, was found in ' what appears formerly to have been 

 a creek or haven connected with the Humber.' What more 

 proof could be desired ? Many theories have been advanced as 

 to the origin and significance of the Roos Carr Imag'es. May 

 they not be life-size representations of the beings who made the 

 2,000 Anglo-Indian pigmy flints Mr. Gatty has found? How- 

 ever, it is not for us to speculate. Mr. Gatty tells us that before 

 he addressed the Anthropological Society in London he was 

 warned to state facts, and not to speculate. Whether Mr. Gatty 

 thought fit to take the advice or not, it seems to us to be good 

 .advice, and we must take it. 



SHELLS. 



Louth Mollusca. — At the meeting of the Lincolnshire 

 Naturalists' Union at Louth in June, Ackthorpe Wood yielded 

 a damaged specimen of Azeca tridciis ; Arioii intennediiis 

 occurred in abundance, and Agrioliinax Icrvis and Eiiconiiliis 

 fulvus were fairly plentiful. One example of Baica pei'versa was 

 found, and although Claiisilia laminata was fairly common, not 

 a single example of C. bidenfafa was met with. — C. S. Carter, 

 Louth. 



Naturalist, 



