92 Froceedings of the Royal Fhysical Society. 
" 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 throw^n 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 Greenland ers 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 
