, 1877-01-27
SPARKS OF SCIENCE,


ANCIENT HuRIAL-GROUSD.
An accoiltit al tho ancient battle-ground Of
tile 1al<c-wclcrt, xlIicl, was discovered at An.
ycricr, on Lake Scucf!atcl, Int winter is c.yen
by Prof.. Dcsor In the Buittaa Of the suric,y of
NATURAL Sciences ut Ntt,cl.atcl. The burial
place was situated at The foo, nf hill about lkJ
feet from tie ]akc-tlwrllinga, AMI WA coyere
with nlout seven feet Ut earth, TINT had been
washed down l'v tile rains. II appears to have
beer the toinh OF family or elan, and tn be-
long to the class Of "dolmens" +" called "stonc-
cirls." II vas built Of fiat granite stonrs, and
covered With twp lurcc Aag.stones Of cnclss. II
therefore furnishes ,tw link bctwern the lake.
dwellings and the t'nfnens.
From 1fftcct, tt twenty bodies had Eccp de-
PASTED IN the grare, probably in sItti,,:. POSI-
tlntI. Tile bonus were In bid condition. VT
tlIe better preserved skulls showed u rcseII~
nnl lartfct,tarls to tic skull hclo,lging 10 tbe
Sion grp!ip, described In The "ErunEoln.c Hell
retiq.'c.' This form Inns bern f0unl IN the
stone ncr an' IN t''c bronzc nce. a,"i through
beth 1t cnYtIn,cs 10 increase III e,ze. AMI to ,(e-
yrlup higher and broader forehead. II ,ljirrrs
frDm the present 1Iclrctlc fuslp plY In the de-
Ercr uf Its Development.
Stone and BONG implement belonging to the
polished stonc aye were fun.l IN tle grave aud
a:so perforated disc, ring, AMI n hin Of
bronze. The l'reecIl"t VI bnii stn1sc air, hroi.xc
implements established the connection between
t!'c akevswellEngs Of tl!c stone age anti tosc O;
tl'r hvonzG agr' Some hrul'zc implements, with
NIL amber head and skull wrrc fuud near the
grave IN higher 1cvrl. The dis uy.ry of till
hnrial-pla o Ii important. as 1t gives fresh cy-
tlrncc bf flsc unity and continuity Of races Of
E'rr-4storic men during the stone aud bronzc
uges.
THE fTCRLE1v's SENSE or HEARING.
Awriter III Nature advances the theory that
thr ttirlcw Is directed by thc sense Ut hearing
In It's rrobings in the slnl fur fool. The bird
l,as i bill o!ten eight or mino Inches long, and
ills IL forces into the coll as far "a tl,c nustrs,
and rarely misses sec1r!s,. n worm at carl,
thrust. It cannot be supposed that II makes tts
bersIlrs ut random, c!se tlrsc would be repeated
many times fr:,ttlcssly. Neither can the sense
Of sight ass|s, It, as IFS victims are nbcd.ic too
hctnly III sa'i or nausl, which Is oftcn
perfectly sultn'th in the surfare. It must.
tlrrtfore. 90 tic writer suggests, he guided
solely BY hearing. ut Is tl!n!cujt." he con.
fcsse', ITO believe that this scnto f. sn delicate
anu prcclse as II enable TIC cnrlew to pcr,c,ye
81 exceedingly ,sll-hi soun.l Il, that wiki h
must be caused liy tho movement, Iay, OF a
ssnall wornl vt distance pf ten OF twuIrc INCHES
from the surfacc VI tic ta,HI, AMI at the same
time IL !oealtzs the exact sput beneath tho
surface from whfel, 10 slight a s,.lnd proceeds
J cannot sec, however, Tint any other rx-
p!nnntson Is open, and perhabs the onr now OIL
lereh may hot seem su Incredible II We renletlI-
bcr the casruf tho thrush NJ one. | think,
cat1 observe this bird feeding anl doubt that II
finds s,s wurniE and gruts almost exclusively by
the sense Vt hcafinC. And, II the tiiktanscwhri,
II rims between successive rauscs fur listening
rrMescHts-ss VIC catinut but suppose 1t must
tho diameter OF the c!rrlr within which this bird
Il ahle ~ hcar the movements II q worm, /
thtuE tllat the hypothesis hare Just alyupcel
wttl! resasd to tho curlew ccases to be iuproba-
llr,h