L. A. M.

Great Yarmouth.

_Arrow-mark._--On an ancient pump of wood, extracted from the Poltimore

mine in North Devon, I perceive a deeply cut arrow-mark. What is the

inference as to the age of this relic from the mark referred to? The

fragment is that of a large oak tree hollowed out, and now decomposing from

exposure after its long burial.

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