feet 6 inches in height, and the owner of the longest thigh-bone would not have exceeded 5 feet. Though the bones are those of a people of short stature they are remarkable for their very prominent ridges for the attachment of the muscles, such as are quite unknown at the present day in England. They denote a race inured to hard toil, or one leading a life of constant activity." On the breast bone of the woman were found the two ornaments illustrated. They were made from the tines of a red deer's horn. [Footnote 1: _Journal of the Anthropological Institute_, New Series (1899), vol. i. p. 150.] [Illustration: DETAILS OF THE DISCOVERIES IN THE LAKE DWELLINGS. A vase of black earthenware. Two pieces of horn, one showing attempts to cut with some instrument. The lower piece has been neatly cut at both ends. A whorl stone for weaving. A human femur (thigh bone). The ends show signs of having been gnawed by wolves. Ornaments made from deer's horn, found with the skeleton of a woman. Fragment of a large earthenware jar or urn. A sketch plan of the excavations (_from the Proceedings of the Yorkshire Geological and Polytechnic Society_). ] Another interesting discovery was the evidence of different attempts to cut some pieces of deer's horn. The shallow grooves were probably made by rubbing with a rib bone or some other sharp edge and sand and water. A small black vase unornamented but in perfect condition was dug up near the remains of the young woman. There were numerous skulls of the prehistoric ox or bos longifrons and also of the straight-horned sheep. A piece of the antlers of a great palmated deer now extinct tends to place the discoveries at an early time, but until more evidence is forthcoming the period to which these lake-dwellers belong must remain uncertain. A list of the bones discovered includes the following:-- Human (of at least four individuals). Deer (of three species). Horse (a small variety), numerous. Ox (Bos longifrons), numerous. Sheep (straight-horned), numerous. Goat (one skull). Pig (both wild and domesticated). Wolf. Fox. Otter. Beaver (one skull). Voles (of different kinds). Birds. [Illustration: Some examples of remains of Pre-historic Animals discovered in the Lake Dwellings by the river Costa. The skull of a Wolf. Part of the horns of a Great Palmated Deer. Part of the skull of a Straight-horned Sheep. The skull of a Bos Longifrons or Pre-historic Ox. ] The introduction of metal into Britain was due to the successive waves of Celtic Aryans who by means of their bronze weapons were able to overcome the Neolithic people. The Brythons or Britons, one of these Celtic peoples, seem to have succeeded in occupying the whole of England. They buried their dead in the round barrows which are to be found in most parts of the country but are particularly numerous on the hills immediately surrounding Pickering and on the wolds to the south of the Vale.