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out admixture of other material, and occupying a space of about 

 nine feet in diameter. It was however remarked, that at the 

 centre the black mould continued to descend, as filling a shaft 

 through this stratum. Upon clearing away the whole area to the 

 further depth of two feet, we found that it rested upon and 

 covered a cist, sunk still deeper in the native chalk, which 

 measured eight feet from east to west, by five feet from north 

 to south, and five feet deep, making a total depth from the 

 top of the barrow of fourteen feet. It' was immediately on the 

 south side of the centre, and was filled with large lumps of chalk 

 packed as above described, amongst which occurred many pieces 

 of stag's horn, and at the bottom we discovered a skeleton, (No. 

 2.,) with the knees gathered up, the head towards the east, and 

 lying upon the left side, consequently looking to the south. The 

 position of the arms differed from those described at page 111, 

 the right arm being folded across the breast, the left bent inwards 

 with the hand resting upon the thigh bone. In the angle thus 

 formed by the arm and leg, between the knee and elbow was 

 placed a small drinking cup, (pi. xv, fig. 2,) which had been 

 broken by the settlement of the barrow. It must have measured 

 about eight inches high, and seven in diameter at the brim, 

 which bent outwards, the side bulged at the middle ; from thence 

 to the hollow formed by the spreading of the brim, is aflixed a 



No. 2. The individual represented by this head was not so in- 

 fluential and conscientious as the last. The combination however is 

 excellent, and, although less powerful than No. 1, is, for some reasons 

 more useful. The character is that of a thoroughly practical man. 



The canine tooth, as well as the incisors are worn down by attrition, 

 the result perhaps of vegetable diet. This peculiarity I have before 

 observed in heads unequivocally British ; a fact of much interest, as it 

 adds to the characteristic mode of sepulture, fresh evidence of these 

 being the teeth of early Britons. These skeletons are not in the same 

 mineral condition, and are evidently referable to two different periods; 

 an inference in accordance with deductions drawn by Mr. Austen from 

 a difference in mode of burial. The bone of No 1, is more recent 

 than that of No. 2. The dental evidence is also in favour of the idea 

 of different tribes : the fangs of the teeth of No. 1, also, are somewhat 

 connate, or more European in structure, while those of No, 2, shew 

 the Aostrallan. Another peculiarity in the jaw of No. 1, is a decayed 

 tooth, a fact worth v of notice. I am not aware that there is an instance 

 of a decayed tooth m the jaw of an early Briton, while in at least one 

 or two undoubted Saxon cases, evidence of disease has been found. 



