A small canoe was found in 1897 in the centre of the Mere, nearly at the junction of Waring's ditch with the sluice. No description is given, and being left in the ground it soon rotted away. In April 1899 a canoe was found 300 yards S.W. of Marley Brow well towards the centre of the Mere. It was fully described by Mr. Brodrick and is now in the Liverpool Museum. It measures 15 feet long and 4ft. at the greatest width. This makes a total of 15 canoes of which there is authentic record, but Mr. Brodrick rather unkindly remarks that "many more may have been destroyed, as the farmers are of a nature rather prone to hide anything of this nature in order to avoid worry!" Other antiquities found in the Mere were a stone axe found previous to 1700, and a bronze axehead found at the same date. In 1899 two bronzes were found, and a coin also of bronze, of the reign of the Roman Emperor Vespasian. The situation Were there Crannogs in Martin Mere? was most favourable for such structures; the Mere was a large sheet of water, four miles by two; the depth was nowhere more than eight to ten feet, a depth easily overcome by the Crannog-builders in other places; there was considerable population and activity, as is shown by the extraordinary number of canoes actually found. As interest in the subject is aroused and the nature of these Artificial Islands is better and more widely known, examples will be recorded which would otherwise pass unnoticed; and I still hope that the drainage work and agricultural operations will bring to light one or more in this district. 208 AN ENGLISH FIFTEENTH CENTURY ALABASTER REREDOS OF ST. EDMUND. THE By Philip Nelson, M.D., F.R.S.E., F.S.A. Read 8th February, 1923. HE reredos which forms the subject of the present paper was formerly in the possession of Mr. F. H. Crisp, F.S.A., and passed subsequently into the collection of the writer, with the exception of the two smaller canopies, which were purchased in Paris. This reredos, made about the year 1470, would originally consist of scenic panels (153 inches by 10) beneath traceried canopies, and be flanked by two figures of saints beneath lesser canopies of the same type. St. Edmund was king of the East Angles, and was slain by the Danes under Hingvar, on 20 November, 870. I. The first panel represents in the upper part St. Edmund crowned, standing with crossed hands between two soldiers armed with bills and wearing white caps and tunics. Beneath in the foreground stands a woman wearing a veil and long close-fitting robe, upon whose head is a sickle. She appears to hide behind a mass of growing corn, and behind her are two sheaves lying on the ground. In the background are three soldiers, one of whom is armed with a falchion; he and the others, who appear to be seeking her, carry bills. In front of her is a husbandman wearing a round black hat and short tunic, whose loose hosen have fallen about his shoes; he has, hung by a strap under his left arm, a shallow tray, from which he appears to be scattering seed with his right hand. It is a matter of extreme difficulty to offer any reasonable explanation to account for this incident, as no record of |