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Notes and Comments. 
Yorkshire quite recently; and similarly The Naturalist could 
have prevented Mr. Howarth from making such a statement 
had he consulted it ; and we know that he reads it, because we 
occasionally hear from him on matters mentioned therein. 
A BRONZE AXE. 
On the same page of the same paper we notice a lengthy 
article ‘ In Prehistoric Times : Discovery of Bronze Axe at 
Grindleford/ in which the writer gives evidence of a fertile 
imagination. We are informed that the discovery, of course, 
is ‘ of special interest and importance/ and that * it may 
assist in defining the site of the ancient ford across the Derwent 
in Bronze Age times/ though how this assistance is going to 
be given is not apparent. Similarly we learn that * most 
likely the Bronze Axe was lost by some enterprising trader 
in these commodities when negotiating the muddy approach 
to the ford, and there it has remained securely hidden for 
perhaps 3,500 years or more/ While this sort of thing is 
going on, we should much have preferred reading that some 
monster chased a Bronze Age man and ate him up, axe and 
all, and eventually died whilst trying to reach the Derwent 
for a drink. Surely a few bones could have been found in the 
district to have lent colour to such a theory ? After a general 
discourse on the evolution of the Bronze Age axe, we are 
informed that the present axe is * unusually symmetrical in 
shape ’ (though this is not borne out by the illustration), and 
that the moulds have fitted ‘ perfectly ’ together ; which we 
believe was the habit of moulds for Bronze Age axes. 
PREHISTORIANS. 
The Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society of East Anglia, 
Yol. III., Part 3, recently issued, contain the usual wealth of 
illustrations, in connexion with the various papers dealing 
with Eoliths, Excavations at Mildenhall ; Humanly -fashioned 
Flints beneath the Red Crag ; Fauna of Grime’s Graves, and 
the now familiar flint -crust engravings from the same source ; 
Hammerstones, and an interesting little discussion on Flint 
Fractures ; an alleged ‘ Animistic ’ Implement from the 
4 Cissbury ’ site, in Norfolk, which is figured and supposed to 
represent ‘ The head of an animal most nearly resembling 
Bos/ on which five short scratches on the forehead are said 
to ‘ produce the appearance of hair/ Judging from the illus- 
tration, it seems obvious that the alleged Bos-head is purely 
imaginary, and the man who used the implement probably 
never knew it was there. 
LIVERPOOL BIOLOGISTS. 
The Proceedings and Transactions of the Liverpool Biological 
Society, Vol. XXXV., is approaching its old standard, and 
is therefore issued at a guinea. It is worth it. Besides an 
Naturalist 
