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r.deposited in Count Giovanelli’s museum. 2. A brass figure, found in the Vnl <U 
NAn, near Meran, is in the Trento Museum. There is a remarkable tradition 
o theGrisons of the immigration of the Etruscans into the country. It is thus 
rested by Campbell, in his ‘ History of the Orison*—When. in the summer of 
i.' '4. Sienna was occupied by Peter Strozzic, in the name of the ting of r ranee, 
ttd was besieged bv Papal and Florentine troops, tin? king of France demanded 
k«l the Orisons 3600 men lor his army. This contingent was to go to the relief 
f Siinna. The Grisons, however, expected hut little success from this plan ; lor, 
1 t-v the remotest times, there was a deeply-rooted belief that any expedition which 
-''isol the descendants of the old Rluetians to cross the Po into Etruria would be 
ttijcky, because the Etruriau territory was their ancestors’ home, from which they 
^ hren expelled, and that the proposed expedition would be much more unlucky, 
* ’was to be undertaken for the French, whose ancestors, the Gauls, had displaced 
’ old Etruscans, and occupied the country as long as Gallic tribes remained in 
t1, tence. The National Assembly at Davos declined to raise the contingent, and 
^ l * ie French ambassador as a reason the above statement. 
On the Forms of the Crania of the Ancient Britons. 
By Joseph Barnard Davis, M.R.C.S. JEng. y F.SA. 
Btl!”!l t ? mar * cs are chiefly founded upon the skull of an ancient Brigantian (?) 
derived from the Green-Gate Hill Bairow, near Pickering, and belonging to the 
f er?n j e i >en ,' 1 ^• ,, An observant eye is able to discriminate between natives of the dif- 
’!>' tan" r ° V i n ? cs sarae country, therefore a more comprehensive investigation of 
^8 C8 n ft " e ^ acean <! head will lead to reliable conclusions respecting their specific 
•' :t nomp exte ’“ lR< * observation, by keeping close to the teachings of the physical 
inj antij,' y H! 111 regarding the information to be derived from history, philology 
!W hlustrative and accessory, we may hope to obtain more 
w.jjct • r conc m*ive knowledge. In explanation of the uncertainty in which the 
Present involved, it may be remarked — 1 . Data A«w brm inadequate. 
‘hichare 0,!8ctt ’ ^ 0U E' as and Moure almost wholly disregarded osseous remains. 
Outers, ir' en rmw mofs ,% rendered valueless by the want of instruction in barrow- 
1*1 lmmatU' Jm ? 8car Clty of authentic data, observations hftVl been disconnected 
r ml. -p.'f' "• Study has been too much separated from that of human skulls in 
little notH, 5. U ^ m .°. re 1X8 an antiquarian than anatomical or ethnological inquiry. 
