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In the sand, at the foot of the Berea Hill, in Durban, was dis- 

 covered the vessel repi'esented in text-figs. 17 and 18. 



It is no longer conical, the walls are very thick, the broad, slightly 

 convex bottom is supported by three transverse elongated ears ; one 

 is wanting, but the groove of the perforation is left. These ears are 

 perforated lengthways, the perforation being narrow, straight, and 

 even, and clearly produced by the clay being built over a reed or 

 twig, fitting against the already finished vessel. There is no 

 bulging in the inner part of the pot. 



Tig. 18. x i. 



THE TWO BLACK SPOTS REPRESENT THE PERFORATION OF THE EAR. 



The theory of the first lump of material being held between the 

 thumb and fox-efinger of one hand cannot, however, apply in 

 this case. 



This earthenware pot is thus of a style hitherto unknown, 

 and differs greatly from that which, we know, obtained among 

 the Strand Loopers of the Littoral. There are no means of 

 ascertaining whether it tapered into a neck. From the con- 

 figuration of what is left, and on the assumption that the 

 upper decorated zone was of a width equal to the lower, it is 



