OCR Rendition - approximate

252 11r,eoItT-1883. REPORT OF THE ANTHROPOMETILIC COMJII'rTla;. 253 Mr. Worthington Smith. The discovery of a half-formed flint colt also appears to me to corroborate this opinion. `On the whole, therefore, judging from the specimens Mr. Cole has been good enough to show me, I think the evidence is sufficient to identify the camp as pre-Roman, and probably of very early period.' In conclusion, we may be permitted to point out that the whole evidence brought forward in this report agrees well with the theory of a British origin of the camp. Its irregular outlines, and the way in which the ramparts were adapted to the form of the bill on which it is placed, are characteristics of British methods of castrametation. The V-shaped section of the fosse is, as was pointed out by General Pitt-Rivers in his Report on the Ambresbury Banks, a very noteworthy feature, and an exceptional one, in British camps, so far as our knowledge extends ; tile ditches in the camps at Cissbury, Caburn, and Seaford were all flatbottomed. The worn appearance of Loughton Camp, and the immense amount of denudation apparent in many places, favours the idea that it may be of earlier date than Ambresbury Banks, although both are of British workmanship. Whether their constructors used flint tools in ordinary life can only be satisfactorily determined by means of further explorations, both in the ramparts and within the enclosures. Tho numerous pits in the Loughton Camp, and the ground around the supposed ' well,' also deserve attention. The extended examination of these earthworks and the other prehistoric remains in the forest is a matter not only of scientific importance, but also of very considerable popular interest to all inhabitants of London and its environs, who have now, thanks to the Corporation, is sort of personal lien Upon its many attract. tions. No better or more permanently useful work can engage the energies of local scientific societies than an endeavour to gain and place on record some definite and accurate information respecting such pre historic antiquities as may still exist in their neighbourhoods ; and we hope that the Essex Field Club may soon be placed in a position to continue the inquiry on the lines pointed out, which have already given such interesting results. The Committee has great pleasure in thanking the Corporation of London for permission to explore the camp, and Mr. D'Oyley, the lion. surveyor to the Essex Field Club, Mr. R. L. Barnes, Mr. W. IT. Bird, Mr. A. W. Franks, Captain McKenzie, Mr. J. Spiller, Mr. C. Thomas, and Keeper Pearce, and others, for kind aid afforded during the progress of the work. liescrildioll of Plates. i't.Ara II. Plan of Loaghtoii C'auap, ahowing t. he position of the excavations, and part of surrounding count Iv. Pt.A,ri+. 111. Figs. 1-4. Diagr.ens of the scetions through the rampart. Final Report of the Anthropometrie Committee, consisting in 1882-3 of Mr. F. GALTUN (Chairman), Dr. BF; WOE, Mr. BEABROOK (Secretary), Mr. FRANK FELLOWS, Mr. JAMES HEYWOOU, Professor LEONE LEVI, 1)I-. F. A. MA1IOMED, MMlr. J. E. PRICE, LieuL-General Prrr-RIVERS, Sir RAWSON W. RAWSON, and Mr. C. ROBERTS. Associates, Dr. T. G. BALroUII, Dr. J. 1-I. GLADSTONE Inspector-General LAWSON, Dr. W. (hui ' Drawn it p Mr. C. ROBERTS and Sir RAWSON W. RAWSON. p y [PLATES IV.---.X.] 1. Tim Committee, originally appointed in 1875, and aided by successive grants, of which it has expended 2801., has made a Report in each of the five years 1878 to 1882, and now submits its final Report. 2. Not that the work open to the Committee is exhausted, although it has to a great extent supplied what was pointed out in its Reports of 1881 and 1882 as chiefly wanting, or that its conclusions are to its own mind complete and satisfactory. But it would require more time and larger funds than are at the disposal of the Committee to prosecute its inquiries, even with the materials now in its possession, to the end which it has had in view ; and the Committee is of opinion that the most useful course will be to bring before the Association the results of its past labours, indicating at the same time the conclusions which it considers to be sufficiently established by the facts ascertained, and the deficiencies, both of data and methods, which remain to be supplemented, either by individual exertion, or by the reappointment of a similar Committee at some future period under the auspices of the Association. 3. In order to furnish a complete review of the information, obtained, it will be necessary to refer to tables and data contained in previous reports. A list of these Reports is furnished in a note.2 Objects and Operations of the Committee. 4. The Committee was appointed for the purpose of collecting observations on the systematic examination of the height, weight, and other physical characters of the inhabitants of the British Isles. 5. Its operations in each year are described in the introduction to its Report of 1881. The description and amount of the statistics which it lots collected, and the names of the persons to whom it is indebted for the collection, are detailed chiefly at the commencement of its several Reports from 1880 to 1882. 0. Among the objects early aimed at by the Committee, and prosecuted by it up to the year 1881, was the collection and comparison of photographs of the typical races of the ITnited Kingdom ; but at the meeting of that year this inquiry was assigned to a separate Committee, upon whom will devolve the duty of reporting upon this Iir,incli of the reneral subject. ' Tin ute Dr. Williinn Fair was a member, and chairman of the t'nrnmit tec iron 11,75 to 1879. 1, Report for 1878, , pp. (numbered pp. 182.-(; in the Annual Report of the \•-oeiatioii). 2, Report, 187!1, 35 pp.; ibid. pp. 175-209. 3, Bcpoit, 1"0, -11 pp.; ,bid pp. 120-59. 4, Report 1881, 48 pp.; ibid. pp. 225-72. ,5, Report, 1882, 3 pp.; il,id. pp. 278_$11. ;in Index to the Tables is given in Appcn,lix t'.