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attention. I turned over the contents of one hearth, but observed no 
pins or other metallic object. The shells, as in the other stations, were 
chiefly Patella, Littorina, Cardium, Mytilus, and Ostrea. The mussels 
were of large size ; and Mrs. Kettlewell said that shells of that species 
were not now found in Ballyness Bay. Mr. Olphert informed me that the 
large extent of sandy beach which I saw, and over whijch the objects 
were found, had all within his own recollection been covered with 
sandhills thirty feet high. 
KiLLALA, Co. Mayo. 
I was at Killala in 1889, and again in 1890. I have failed as yet 
to find any remains in the island of Fintragh, where there is a large 
extent of sandhills; but in Ross, which lies opposite to it in the 
County of Mayo, I found numerous hut-sites, from which, as at 
Ballyness, the sandy covering cannot have been long removed. The 
black layer, with sea-shells and broken pebbles, was well developed, 
but I did not obtain any flint or pottery. The pebbles were of hard, 
metamorphic kinds, and were split in the same manner as those at 
Bunbeg and Ballyness. I believe these were also used as implements. 
T got some small black flakes, but the material was not chert. Bulbs 
of percussion were visible, though the fracture was rough. Evidently 
any hard pebble was split up for cutting or scraping. I procured 
some hammerstones, one of which, in addition to being abraded at the 
ends, had a hollowed spot in the centre of one side from having been 
used as an anvil-stone. The large spalls were similar to those at 
Bunbeg, the natural outside surface giving a bevelled edge suitable for 
cutting. I found the greater part of a human skeleton lying across a 
hearth, but the skull was gone. From the way it was associated with 
the old floor, I would suspect it to be the skeleton of a person who had 
died in the hut, and been allowed to remain there. In the absence of 
the skull, I brought away the bones of one leg and an arm-bone. It ; 
will be observed from Mr. IS'ewton's report on the bones that they 
belonged to a person strong and muscular, and that the tibia is 
platycnemic. M 
Whitepaek Bay, Co. Antrim. 
Several days were spent here, digging over part of the old surface. 
Everything lying upon it was cleared away, and the remains in the 
layer were carefully collected. A space of about 80 square feet, 
averaging 6 inches in thickness, was dug over; and when the objects 
