A Nut For The Savans

A discoverjí of ancieut relies wns mude a shoit time sinco near Rosebury Topping, a high hill of tho North Riding, that looks into the vale of Tees. The dwtr.ípt is nmoh cut up by excavatioua í'or iroti stone ; and in rnaking a new roíulwny ut about fouiteen leet below the mí-idern surfaee, the diggers carne upori fragmenta oí' pnttery, broken queros, bones of animáis, and, as it is said, part of a human jnw, oontaining tbree teeth. The Dones comprised these of OXfeD, deer, iuid sheep- -the last so Binall in 8ÍBe ;is to lead to the inierence that a dimlnutive breed of sheep once inhabited Cleveland. All the inarrow-bouea are broken in two, which may be regarded as evidence tbac aborighial Biitons, after pipkJng off the meat, knew to get at the njarrow, One of the smaller bones has been bored - prob:ibly that it might be suspended by a string; and, amung other thing8 which showed signs of hautliwork, were peg- of wofd and bone, and a jet ring. Jet, as sume ol onr readers will reiaernber, has been dug out oi the cIiíI'h of Cleveland from time ïrnmemorial. In'o weapon or implement has been discovered; but thero are a uanlity of sticks, twig, leaves n.uts and acorns, and a considerable bed of muspel shells - all of which have been opened. Neither ui-e thérp any signs of a dwelling; henee it ia questionable w heiher the deposits has been formed at ihe botton) of a p.iol, or under hats raised on piles. Tlie date of these inleresting relies isas vet unce-rtain'; but it must be assigned to the Celtio poriod. There are arcbsoologints in Yorkshire to investígate this point ; and we hope to hear of their taking it up vvith spirit, ffo oonpíude our brief uolice vvith the statement that the human jaw is deseribed as remarkably massive and large, as ii it had belonged to a persin of huge proportione ; and that "thethree teeth, whioh are stiU in their sockets, are of greut size and very inuch worn down ; indeed, nearly the whole crown is worn away - a faet which testifies plainly enough to the coarse nature of a very considerable portion of this ancient man's daily bread."