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a skull and jaw bone, with other bones of a child. Having thus 

 far failed in discovering the primary deposit, I made a cutting 

 from the centre towards the north, and found that the loose rub- 

 ble, with its sub-stratum of chalk lumps, and in fact the cist, 

 continued in that direction. Upon this having been cl^ed, a 

 skeleton, (No. 5,) became exposed, resting upon the native 

 chalk on the north side of the centre. It lay in the direction 

 of east and west, with the head towards the east, but upon the 

 left side, with the face consequently looking towards the south. 

 The knees were gathered up to within four inches of the chin, 

 the heels being placed at six inches from the thigh bone. The 

 right arm was doubled back, so that the hand rested upon the 

 neck, the elbow of which was below, or under the thigh bone; 

 the left hand was under the face. The sixth, seventh, and eighth 

 vertebrae appeared to have been displaced. The thigh bone mea- 

 sured seventeen inches, which gives a height of five feet eleven 

 inches. The whole deposit occupied a space of two feet four 

 inches long, by fourteen inches wide. The cist measured seven 

 feet from east to west, by six feet from north to south, and six 

 feet in depth from the apex of the barrow. The only other 

 reliques observed, were two oyster shells. 



The pond barrow was excavated at the centre to the native 

 chalk, but nothing was discovered to induce a further ex- 

 ploration. 



No. 5. This, like No. 3, is of a youth. It is highly organized, but 

 in general form relatively longer, and differs somewhat in phrenological 

 developement. It is of an individual who was less thoughtful and not 

 so cautious, and possessed more confidence. Philo-progenitiveness is 

 larger, and the feelings generally strong; but the sentiments are har- 

 moniously combined; the temperament was evidently good. 



JOHN H, AUSTEN. 



