re, and having on its eastern bank a row of stepping-
stones; a fact which, in my opinion, partly accounts for the
demolition of the stonework, which formerly stood over them. So far,
the facts disclosed by the excavations of the structures at Dumbuck,
though highly interesting as evidence of the hand of man in the early
navigation of the Clyde basin, present nothing very remarkable or
improbable. It is when we come to examine the strange relics which
the occupants of this habitation have left behind them that the real
difficulties begin."

Dr. Munro next describes the disputed things found at Dumbuck. They were
analogous to those alleged to have been unearthed at Dunbuie. They were

"A number of strange objects like spear-heads or daggers, showing more
or less workmanship, and variously ornamented. One great spear-head
(figure 1), like an arrow-point, is 11 inches long and 4.75 inches
wide at the barbs. The stem is perforated with two holes, in one of
which there was a portion of an oak pin. It has a flat body and
rounded edges, and is carefully finished by rubbing and grinding. One
surface is ornamented with three cup-marks from which lines radiate
like stars or suns, and the other has only small cups and a few
transverse lines. There are some shaped stones, sometimes perforated
for suspension, made of the same material; while another group of
similar objects is made of cannel coal. All these are highly
ornamented by a fantastic combination of circles, dots, lines, cup-and-
rings with or without gutters, and perforations. A small pebble
(plate XV. no. 10) shows, on one side, a boat with three men plying
their oars, and on the other an incised outline of a left hand having
a small cup-and-ring in the palm. The most sensational objects in the
collection are, however, four rude figures, cut out of shale (figs. 50-
53), representing portions of the human face and person. One,
evidently a female (figure 2), we are informed was found at the bottom
of the kitchen midden, a strange resting-place for a goddess; the
other three are grotesque efforts to represent a human face. There
are also several oyster-shells, ornamented like some of the shale
ornaments, and very similar to the oyster-shell ornaments of Dunbuie.
A splinter of a hard stone is inserted into the tine of a deer-horn as
a handle (plate xiii. no. 5); an