man, indeed, may prefer a temperate region, favourable to 
the exercise both of mind and body ; but the savage will go 
where he can most readily satisfy savage wants ; he will not, 
therefore, betake himself to temperate, still less to Arctic 
regions, until driven there by increasing density of 
population. 
But are we justified in concluding that even the cave men 
were the earliest human settlers in "Western Europe ? Surely 
not. The whole history of Palaeontology is a standing protest 
against such an assumption. We have not indeed as yet the 
materials to decide the question, but if we were to express 
any opinion on the subject, it would seem more philosophical 
to imagine that the genus Homo dates back to a period as 
ancient as the other widely-spread genera of Mammalia ; 
and that wherever the bones of deer, elephants, horses, 
oxen, and dogs are to be found, there we may fairly expect 
ere long to discover also the remains of man. 
ON THE HISTORIC INCIDENTS CONNECTED WITH LINCOLN 
HEATH. BY THE REV. EDWARD TROLLOPE, M.A., F.S.A., 
PREBENDARY OF LINCOLN. 
On a former occasion I brought before you " The Alluvial 
Lands and Submarine Forests of Lincolnshire," and now 
I have selected that of " Lincoln Heath. "„ Duty compels me 
to cross Lincoln Heath very frequently — twice every two 
months, besides on other occasions : this must be done, 
whether winds or calms prevail — whether deep snows envelope 
the road, or clouds of dust rise up from it — whether the sun 
forces me to throw aside all superfluous covering, or the cold 
to hug my cloak and wrapper with grim energy. I have, 
therefore, seen the Heath not only often, but under all 
aspects, which has perhaps led me to make what I can out 
