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MORTIMER : THE HISTORY OF THE DRIFFIELD MUSEUM. 
Surely the East Riding possesses some governing body that, 
before it is too late, will see the wisdom of permanently possess- 
ing these, and handing them down to future governing bodies 
as a source of education and a treasure of permanent value to 
the district. When this is accomplished, and it is known that 
this collection belongs for ever to the district, it will be a centre 
of donations of relics found in and belonging to the neighbour- 
hood (rather than the specimens be sent to distant collections, 
where they can only be of minor value), and in time it ought 
to and will become a large and very valuable possession. 
