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 342 NOTICES OF NEW PUBLICATIONS. " The third figure represents an armilla which must have heen intended as a reward for soldiers, for it would be ridiculous to sup- pose such a massive ornament to have been designed for women. The original of pure gold is more than twice the length of the figure, and was found in Cheshire. [Another of precisely similar form and metal has recently been found in the fens near Cambridge.]" " The hasta or spear frequently had a leathern thong tied to the middle of the shaft, which was called dyKvXrj by the Greeks, and amentum by the Romans, and which was of assistance in throwing the spear. The annexed cuts shew the various forms of the spear, and the figure taken from Sir W. Armilla of gold found in Cheshire In the possession of Sir Philip de Grey Egerton, Bart. Hamilton's Etruscan Vases represents the amentum attached at the centre of gravity a little above the middle." p. 588. " The annexed figures of needles and pins, taken from originals in bronze, vary in length from an inch and a half to about eight inches. [These are frequently found in England in metal, bone, wood, &;c.] They were used for the same purposes as with us, and also in dressing the hair. The mode of plaiting the hair and then fastening it with a pin or needle is shewn in the