. The Wiltshire archaeological and natural history magazine . uch assertions as these, but it is to be regretted that the publicshould be misled by the statements of a person, who, if he evervisited Abury, must, like the reviewer mentioned above, have doneso with his eyes shut. From the date of A Fools Bolt soon shottat Stonage, down to the present time, Stonehenge and Aburyspecially appear to have inspired certain pseudo-antiquaries withan irresistible desire to add to the literary kitchen-middens. #11 a CrapuMtte Jodict fouub h §St lefts By Mr. Cunningtoit, F.( §§JPN tbe year 1838 the Ee
. The Wiltshire archaeological and natural history magazine . uch assertions as these, but it is to be regretted that the publicshould be misled by the statements of a person, who, if he evervisited Abury, must, like the reviewer mentioned above, have doneso with his eyes shut. From the date of A Fools Bolt soon shottat Stonage, down to the present time, Stonehenge and Aburyspecially appear to have inspired certain pseudo-antiquaries withan irresistible desire to add to the literary kitchen-middens. #11 a CrapuMtte Jodict fouub h §St lefts By Mr. Cunningtoit, F.( §§JPN tbe year 1838 the Eev* E* J PhiPPs> tnen Rector ofjS§jl||{ Devizes, made some improvements in the churchyard. Thefootpath which before passed in a very irregular and unseemlymanner among the graves, was diverted, and carried under the wallto the east. In making these alterations much of the surface wasnecessarily disturbed, and amongst the earth taken from an old 250 On a Crapaudine Locket grave was found the small locket, or padlock, which is representedin the Crapaudine Locket, actuareize., It is formed of two of the round smooth teeth of Sphcerodus gigas,1(Crapaudines) set together in an ornamental band of metal, towhich the loop of the lock is attached. The metallic parts have beenwell gilded, and are in good preservation. The key-hole is cut in thecentre of one of the teeth, and some remains of the wards of thelock may still be seen inside. Mr. A. W. Franks of the BritishMuseum, has examined this locket, and judging from the orna-mentation, he thinks that it is not of later date than the sixteenthcentury. He has never seen a similar object. Sph&rodus gigas is a fossil fish,1 first described by Agassis, in1833, as belonging to the family of Pycnodontes (hump-toothedfishes), which are distinguished by the thick rounded form of theirteeth. These teeth were attached to the palate and lower jaw inparallel rows, and formed an apparatus well adapted for crushingthe small shell-fish
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