rious branches of which are known
as Iberians, Pelasgians, Ligurians, etc., according to the
country in which they lived.

"Several skeletons were found adorned with silver and gold
ornaments. One of the most remarkable is illustrated here. It is
a female skull encircled by a band of silver, to which is
attached a thin plate of the same metal. It is not known whether
it was originally worn in the position as when found, or, as is
most likely, had been accidentally displaced after burial. This
skull was found in a cave near the station of Fuente-Alamo,
where gold and silver are found in small quantities in the soil;
and it is quite possible that in those ancient times the mining
of the precious metals was a regular occupation of the
inhabitants."

[Illustration]

PSYCHOMETRIC DESCRIPTION.--Mrs. Buchanan, describing the subject from
this engraving, without seeing it or knowing what it represented,
spoke as follows:

"This is far away; it is remains of some kind; remains of a
human being, of a very remote type of female. Her surroundings
were very rude. She was of a race of strong animal instincts--a
large people. She seems something like a squaw. (What of their
habitations?) They were very rude, as much like caves as
anything. I think they lived in caves and rocks. They hunted and
fished. Their weapons were of stones, but they had some kind of
metal which they could hammer out. They dried their food in the
sun--fishes and meats. They had very little agriculture. They
had a process for making things they wanted for domestic use,
and for weapons, as well as stone implements. They may have used
the precious metals, not as money but for ornaments. It was not
a numerous race, did not propagate fast. They have all died out.
There is no vestige of them on the earth. They were a brown,
dark colored race. Their heads were low and faces large; jaws
prominent."

Evidently this is not the race of which Mr. Murray speaks--neither
Iberian nor Basque.

THE STAR-DUST OF THE UNIVERSE.

The distinguished astronomer, Norman Lockyer, has lately read a paper
before the Royal Society (London) under the title of a "Preliminary
Note on the Spectra of the Meteorites," which advances some of the
boldest theories and suggestions ever offered concerning the Universe,
which cannot fail to interest the readers of the J