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a description of the famous hyaBna cave at Kirkdale, then 

 follows a description of the Ice Ag-e and Lake Pickering- based 

 upon Prof. Kendall's recent researches. Accompanying- this 

 section of the book is an admirable reproduction of Kendall's 

 well-known map of the Glaciers and Glacier Lakes of the Cleve- 

 land area, as well as some imaginary sketches by Mr. Home of 

 the probable appearance of the country at that far-off time. The 

 various tumuli and other prehistoric remains which abound in 

 the district (a number of relics from which are preserved in 

 Mr. Mitchell's Museum at Pickering) enable Mr. Home to g'ive 

 an entertaining- summary of our knowledg-e of this interesting- 

 period. Following- this is an account of the Romans, Saxons, 



Scamridge Dykes above Troutsdale. 



and later peoples. The ancient forests are dealt with some- 

 what exhaustively, in which is recorded that 'Thomas Wake, of 

 Liddell, claims to have a free chase for fox, hare, wild cat, and 

 badg-er, within the boundaries of his baronry of Middleton, 

 namely, from the place called Alda on the Costa to the standing-- 

 stone above the Spital Myre of Pickering-, etc' Some very- 

 brief notes on the birds, etc., of the district are given from 

 the pen of Mr. Oxley Grabham. Throug-hout the book are 

 numerous illustrations from photographs and from the author's 

 own sketches. Two of the latter we are permitted to reproduce. 



1905 October 2. 



