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Angu by Pampelly, have been | more admirabia) was his work in very reasonably supposed to have. | obsering one side of the agurrat: Digging at Ur and Erida: migrated westwards from Turke- it was probably more amusing stan. I am inclined to think also digging out the cellars of the In an article in the Times, Mr. that this painted pottery from temenos-wall of the Temple aff R. Campbell Thompson describes Eridu is strong evidenes that the the Moon. With all this work excavations at Ur, which lies Sumarians were of a diferent on hand he found time to dash bearly 200 miles south-east of rade, from these first-comers in down to Eridu, and add to the Baghdad. Five thousand years Babylonia

prehistoric collections from there; ago, as he says, Ur was a queen

but the best achievement of his of the cities south of the great I had a series of test-trenches campaign was his discovery, stį Euphrates lagoons, where the dog, in some cases down to what Tel el-Obeid,

His attention was drawn to river channel loses itself in the almost certainly is virgin sand, shallows. The following. are and these showed how this pol- this mound, which lies about four | extracts from his narrative:-- (tory at Eridu was coaval with the miles west of Ur, when he was In the winter of 1853-54, J. Estone hoes, flint chips, and clay examining the desert on that Taylor, British Vice-Consul at sickles; it was also clear that side. He found it covered with Basra, began the first excavations these four classes of relics must the same kinds of prehistorio on the site. He began with the have been used on the site | antiquities as had come from| Sigurrol, clearing much of it and long before the introduction of Eridu-decorated pottery, flints, finding four perfect clay oylinders copper. The evidence which this mickles, &-and he began work) inscribed in quasi-form, which quantity of prehistoric objects there. His energy was rewarded Sir Henry Rawlinson subsequent affords can be applied to the stray, shortly by a platform of unburnt ly read, showing thereby that but convincing, primitive traces brick, probably of Dangi, a Taylor had found a temple to the of the same kind which I bad 2450, beneath whieb, in a ruin of Moon, and that the city was Ur found at Ur, obviously another pre-Sargonio work (c. 2900), he of the Chaldess. Close to the site which the same early people found a mass of twisted copper, south-east corner, forty-five yards must have occupied (Archaeo the remains of several top-heads distant, be discovered another logia, Vat 70, 1918-20, 10t f) in that metal, two panther-heads, building, four hundred yards Specimens of these finds are now and similar remains, several of round, paved with kiln-burat exhibited in the British Museum, which ara now exhibited bricks in bitumen, the walls made Another result of the new Eridu (the British Museum. But the of crude brick, and the rafters diggings came about in a curious greatest find of all was a copper evidently of date-palms; but, way. In many of the strata, relief, 8ft. by 314ft. in size, repres except a few copper nails, the down to early in the prehistoric eating the lion-headed eagle af building yielded little. He was period, were numerous mussal. Lagash, holding two stags by more successful in clearing what shells, doubtless from the menu of their tails, he calls the Tomb Mound, little the primitive folk. After I had to the south of the zigurrat, which brought them home Mr. Bullen be found to be fall of pottery Newton identified them as fresh. coffins, containing skeletons and water mussels. It was a point funerary utensils, which appear which abolished the old belief to date from c. 2000 B.C. onwards that Eridu was on the shore of perhaps even to a very late period. the sea in those early days: the He refers to the enormous water (which undoubtedly came quantity of sea shells found all near to it from the legend of over the ruins and in the graves; Adapa) must have been the be found no glass, but plenty of Euphrates swamps. copper. The next season he After my return, my former pushed still farther into the colleague, Dr. (than Captain) H. desert, to the lonely mound of R. Hall of the British Museum, Abu Shabrain (Erida), which lies was sent out by the Trustees in some twelve miles to the sonth November. He reopened the dig west of Ur, and although he is so gings at Ur, where he met with modest as to say that his visit success, finding a palace of Dr. was unproductive of any very Engar and Dangi, kings of the important results, I, for one, am Third Dynasty of Ur, c. 2450 B.C, not going to agree with him, which he carefully cleaned. Eridu, in spite of its smaller ex-Traces of fire everywhere showed tent, has his advantage over Ur how the building bad been Carpenters' Hall recently. He (so it seemed to me)—that its sur destroyed, probably at the fall of said he had great faith in our face is still covered with prehis-the dynasty ia 2357. Less ex-chemical schools and in what they toric remains, for the good reason citing (Lod, therefore, all the were doing.

that serious occupation probably

did ro continue there after, say.

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Meanwhile, the diggings at Ur, now continge under Mesars Woolley and Smith. It will be, above all, interesting to see what their lower strats show, for there can be no doubt that Ur, Eriðu, and Tell el-Obeid were once occupied by the same primitive people who left their relics in the lowest strata of Susa.

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Short though my diggings ware ut Ur, they showed that in part of the mound at least the strata of the third millennium B. '. lay. close to the surface. At eighteen inches depth we found a burial of a woman with ber funersty pota, nose-ring, and armlets, which may be very ap proximately dated at 2300. A "throw-out” near contained a couple of "schoolboy" cuneiform tablets of about the same date. The surface, as Taylor had also found, appeared to be honey- combed with tombe, frequently restored." of the bath-tab" variety (lar-| nakes). But most interesting of

Local Money Post Cards are now available for transmission of smell rams of all were the rare but definite moser not exceeding $10 by means of Postage Stamps affixed thereon. Tasse carda may be obtained at the General Post (fies and at Kowloon Branck Uñes where they traces of primitive man: a few may also be crshed," fiat flakes, a very few small; The Postage Stamp. 6 cenie, for postage and registratier fee should be affixed on fragments of pottery painted in the rddress side of the card. Postage Stamps to represent the amount of she re geometrical patterns, and a piacence and concision at the rate of I cant for each dollar or fraction thermof, of a clay sickle, such as I was to

All Postogt.Stamps affixed to the card is remittance, and commission will be and later at Eridu in large quan- cancelled by the lucing office befale delivery to the remitter. tity.

The card must be tendwed by the remitter for registration and a receipt Taylor's description of Eridu ishtained for it, as no claim for alleged los, will be admitted by the Post Office if

the remitter has neglected to a lopt this procantiça. correct. The site was covered All cirds imaned mast is presented for payment within three months of the with clay sickles, flint imple-date of inste ments, and other prähistoric re-| lics. But naturally he had no mesus of identifying the most im-

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portant point of all, the pottery. Shanghai

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and, since in those days pottery 0.8.a., Japan & Shanghai fragments were reckoned of little Japan

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New Measure to Prevent Cruelty.

Lions, tigers, and leopards, AE

nearly stationary at other re-well as other animals, some in

for special mention in the Por-- porting stations.

forming Animals (Regulation) Bill, presented by Brigadier- General Colvin, the text of which was issued recently.../

A depression has formed over the Yangtze Valley.

Fog may be expected along the coast of China.

Hongkong Rainfall for the 24 bours ending at 10 am. to-day, 0.04 inch Total since January lat 6.97 inches, against average of 8.60 inches. "FORECAST FOR THE 24 HOURS INDING AT, NOON TO-MORROW.

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Chine between A.K. & Haines.

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It is also suggested that an advisory committee shall be es tablished for the purpose of advis- ing and sasieting the Secretary of State in the performance of his dalies under the Bill, such com- mittee to consist of a chairman and four other members appoint ed by the Home Secretary. It in Persis. PRES. JACKSON fx specifically mentioned that, for Seattle via Ports. Mis the purposes of the measure, the Massey, Mr. & Mrs. H. Massey, expression animal Includes Mr. C Lauritsen, Mr. & Mrs. bird. Jos, Oscbwald, Mr. E. E. Ander son, Dr. R. W. Mendelson, Miss Grace Rupert, Mrs. D. G. Cutler, Miss J. Murphy," Mrs. Helen Mrs. David M. Biggar, Miss Kahn, Mr. Jasnettà "--Eabo,- Matilda Oschwald, Col. & Mrs. Mr. & Mr. E. K. Pedler, Mrs. W. F. Barnes, Mr. Yusuke | HL. S. Hawker, Mr. Wm. D, Nor- tsurumi, Mr. 8. Juguirs, Mr. N. | vall, Min. R. J. Harrison, Mrs. K. Harrison, Mr. K. Kimura, M.-C. Armstrong, Mrs. H. D. Mr. Y. Hamada, Mr. H. Weust- | Rodrers, Mrs. M.B. Brock, Mr.P. hot, Mr. H. T. Zaadnoordízk, Stornan, Mr. & Mrs. W. P. Denals, Miss E.-M. Noronha, Mrs. J. M.] Mrs. Ellen Hatreil, Mr. H. F. Noronha, Mr. & Mrg Guido | Woodhouse, Mrs: 8. C. Bhattuck, Clerico, Mr. Campbell Davis, Miss Katherine --Mills, Mr. Mr. S. Wortb, Mr. & Mrs. N. R. Georgiania Manas, Miss Louise Ripley, Mr. & Mr. M. M. Richmond, Miss Isabella Kennen. Connell, Mr. D.-Patterson, Miss Mrs. Shannon Richmond, – Mr. J. W. Snow Mr. E. C, Joda Honda, Mr. W. L. Bram Bogle, Mr. Alfredo Casanay, well, Mrs. Fuku Nakamura, Mrs. Miss G. L. Harvey. Mr. & Mrs. H,, N. 3. Robinsoff, Mt. M. M. Axil B. Fowler, Mr. & Mrs. A. 8, rood, Mr. 8. A. Dowaliby, Mr. & Shwartz, Mr. W. Mayger, Mr. Mrs. E. C. Garrett, Mr. H. Forst, Werner Krieger, Mr. J. C. Mr. & Mr. Tas K. Dickson, Dr. Barison, Mr. & Mr. J. D. Jafe, Emilio Buistão, Mr. & Mri, Dr. C. Fyffe, Mr. K. Vallely, Miss.| Canady Miss Margaret Candy, C. Stennett, Mr. F. A. Tonnacby. Miss B. Burrows, Miss PCM Mrs. E. J. Bowles, Mr. Jules|Laughlin, Mr. Oscar Roehr M. Bochner, Mr. & Mrs. H. V, Foy, Harley L. Mysinga

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