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views of a piece of fossil human skull found in a Brick-earth pit, with
Palaeolithic implements, near Bury St, Edmunds. The piece of skull was
exhibited at the last meeting of the Anthropological Institute, and a
detailed paper will be read on it by Mr. Henry Prigg in a fortnight's
time.
Mr. Prigg is one of our best and most cautious geologists and arch-
aeologists, and he was on the spot directly after the fragment was found.
No other bones were near and the Brick-earth was perfectly undisturbed.
Mr. Prigg considers (and I agree with him) that this fossil is undoubt-
edly Palaeolithic.
Mr. Prigg had previously instructed the men to look for bones as there
is a report current amongst the men that a whole human skeleton, with
the tusk of a mammoth, was found deeply imbedded in the Brick-earth of
a neighbouring pit some years ago. These relies were I believe east
aside and destroyed."
Mr. E. M. Holmes made some comments upon Mr. Cl. P. Hope's collec-
tion of Marine Algae from Harwich and its neighbouring shores, which
was exhibited at the meeting. He said that he had examined the collec-
tion with great interest, for not only were the specimens well preserved,
but details of locality and mode of occurrence were generally given. He
had detected in the collection at least three species new to Britain, one
of which might possibly be new to science ; but the specimens required
a careful microscopical examination, which he had not then been able to
give. Mr. Holmes pointed out that the character of the Harwich seaweeds
was interesting, many specimens being, as it were, midway between
southern and northern forms. He trusted that Mr. Hope would afford
him an opportunity of examining the collection more at leisure, and
at some future time he would be glad to draw up a list of the species for
publication in the ' Transactions ' of the Club.
Some remarks were made by the President, and Mr. Meldola and Mr.
Cole, thanked Mr. Holmes for the kindness with which he had under-
taken the examination of the collection, and attended the meeting to
report on the same.*
Saturday, March 29th, 1884.
The forty-seventh Ordinary Meeting of the Club was held at the head-
quarters at seven o'clock, Prof. Boulger, President, in the chair.
The following were elected members of the Club :—Messrs. W.
Wogan Badcock, J. Longstaff, B. E. E. Newlands, F.C.S., Rev. A. W.
Bowe, M.A., F.G.S., and Miss Linder.
The Secretary announced that he had received a request from the
Committee of the " Lopping Trust " Hall, Loughton, to exhibit, on be-
* It should be stated here, that, owing to various reasons, referred to in the
preface to this volume, pages lxxxi. and onward were not printed until 1891. In
preparing the reports tor the press, the Editor has frequently made reference to
papers and other publications issued after the dates of tho meetings. The present
intimation and the explanations in the preface will prevent any confusion arising
from this cause.—Ed. (August, 1891.)
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