THE MAGLEMOSE. 
365 
Long years ago — so long— none knows, 
There came a man from Maglemose. 
(How he got here without clothes, 
From Maglemose to Holdernose, 
Without the frost-bite in his toes, 
Is more than we can dare suppose). 
This man a long bone harpoon throws 
(Just like those found at Maglemose) ; 
He aimed it at an elk (or deer), 
The harpoon pierced it like a spear ; 
It no doubt killed that elk (or deer), 
In what was once called Skipsea Mere. 
From long ago, in silt (or clay), 
The harpoon and the elk did stay, 
’Til Mr. Morfitt passed one day, 
With iron rod to find his way. 
For fourteen feet it penetrated 
And then it stopped ; or so ’twas stated. 
The rod touched something firm and bony, 
(So different from an object stony) ; 
Then Mr. Morfitt dug deep down 
For fourteen feet, and got renown 
By finding something quite unknown, 
(Except for one in Hornsea town ) . 
How he dug, well, no one knows ; 
But he found trace of Maglemose ! 
He put it in his small -Museum, 
Where, with the other, all could see’ em. 
They rested there for years and years 
Until the British Ass. appears. 
Then an Armstrong, long and weary, 
Gave a most enthralling theory : 
How the man from Maglemose, 
(In the Baltic, that, one knows) 
Came to Atwick (or quite close), 
While in search of food and clothes ! 
Then a Sheppard roared like thunder, 
‘ There has been a fearful blunder, 
The harpoon from Maglemose, 
Is not old, as you’d suppose ’ ; 
And in a manner most indecent, 
Said the harpoon was quite recent ! 
— : o : — 
The Museums Journal for August contains Mr. E. E. Lowe’s presi 
dential address on (i) ‘ Romance in the Museum,’ and (ii.) ‘ The Develop 
ment of the Museums Association.’ There is an account of the new 
Natural History Building, Glasgow University ; and ‘ The Problem of 
Provincial Galleries and Art Museums,’ by Lawrence Haward. 
* We take the liberty of reprinting this ‘ poem ’ from The Eastern 
Morning News, Hull, which explains ‘ Lines written by a spectator at 
the recent discussion at the British Association.’ 
1922 Nov. 1 
