_Use of Slings by the Early Britons._--In the course of the very
interesting operations at present in progress on Weston Hill, there have
been frequently found in the hut-pits small accumulations of shore-pebbles,
of the size most convenient for slings, for which it is supposed they were
intended. Any information on this topic will be received with many thanks.
It is worth noting that to this day the boys of the obscure village of
Priddy, on the Mendips, are notorious for the skill with which they can hit
a bird on the wing with a stone thrown by the hand.