1899] EXCA VATIONS ON PUFFIN ISLAND 45 



worship. Whether, however, the remains were those of our saint or 

 not, they are evidently those of a man of note in his day and 

 generation. 



Proceeding eastward with our excavations beyond the enclosure 

 first spoken of, we exposed a somewhat roughly constructed sepulchral 

 cist beside the wall on the left hand side, and resting upon the rock. 

 When the covering slabs were removed a number of odd and broken 

 bones belonging to several individuals were seen, and beneath these 

 lay two skeletons, one above the other. Immediately to the right of 

 this cist, and behind a rude headstone, another skeleton was found, 

 and to the right of this yet another. These skeletons were not enclosed 

 in any way, and like those in the cist, their feet were directed to the 

 east. 



Beyond these skeletons we have just found a low sandstone wall 

 extending transversely between the two main walls within which our 

 work at present lies. We have not traced it fully as yet, and what 

 lies on its further side we have still to discover. In the debris within 

 and without the tower several worked building stones were unearthed. 

 Here and in the upper mould of the two other excavations, smoking 

 pipes, dating from the reign of Queen Elizabeth to modern times, were 

 brought to light, as were also fragments of Elizabethan bottles and 

 comparatively recent gun flints. 



In a small excavation which was made at the south-west extremity 

 of the island some fragments of pottery, apparently Elizabethan, 

 were found, and beneath these a number of sea-shells and burnt bones, 

 while in the sandy soil to the north-west of the biological station, at a 

 depth of two feet, a prehistoric flint was discovered. 



The story of the island, from the time when this flint was used to 

 the time when the biological station was established, is a long one. 

 We shall endeavour to spell this story out, but in this short paper I 

 have merely tried to indicate some points in connection with our task, 

 which so far has been by no means a fruitless one. 



