being the only articles of manufacture of which any traces remained. The skeletons were of medium size; in two cases they would appear to have been females, and the skulls were those of intellectual persons, and by no means low-type savages. Nearly every hill and elevated spot in the district, locally known as Bamburghshire, has been an ancient Celtic burying place, indicating that this county from 500 to 1000 B.C. had a considerable population.

In our own country there are fine examples. The circles, as yet in fair preservation, of Airlich, Strathbraan; Croft Moraig, Aberfeldy ; burial cists found on North Esk, Penicuik,* and the gigantic Cromlech, or Menantol, on Craigmady, Strathblane, called the "auld wives' lifts," 3 great megaliths, the top stone being yclept the "Quoit "-all testify to the burial monuments of the dead, and the respect shown in those barbarous times to their departed heroes. A mound called the Women's Knowe, near the reputed Celtic "town" of Inchtuthill, was the burial-place of a Caledonian princess.

A note on the curious custom of preserving human heads in Ecuador follows:

NOTE BY M. EMHAULT ON SHRUNKEN HUMAN HEADS.

"War trophies of Livarros Indians, Ecuador. These heads are prepared by removing the skull, leaving only the flesh of the head. Hot stones are then put in the head, and are kept moving by shaking and turning, so as to bring them (the stones) into contact with all parts. The process of shrinking is contiuued for two weeks."

* See Vol. XL. (Fourth Series, Vol. IV.), 1905-6, of the Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland.

The accompanying Plates, Nos. 38-39, were kindly lent by the Society for publication in this journal.