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vessel made of clay, moulded with the hands, apparentl}'- a toy, as it is 

 too small for any useful purpose. 



April 23d, skeleton No. 442, an adult female, 5 feet in length, was 

 found, in horizontal position, head south and hands folded over the 

 pelvis; depth 12 inches. A large vessel was found between the knees. 



Saturda3% April 24th, three skeletons were exhumed. No. 443 was an 

 adult female, in horizontal position, head east, length 5 feet 4 inches. 

 No. 444, a small child of about two years of age, was lying at the right 

 of the preceding skeleton, with the cranium underneath the right 

 ilium. Skeleton No. 445 was that of an adult male, also in horizontal 

 position, head north, length 5 feet 5 inches. A A^essel was found at the 

 left of the cranium. These burials were remarkably shallow — not 

 more than ten or twelve inches deep. 



Skeletons Nos. 446-7 were children, probabl}' two and six 3'ears of 

 age, in horizontal position, at a depth of 20 inches, and were very much 

 deca3'ed. Several ash pits were next opened, one of which was directly 

 under the oak tree and opposite to skeleton No. 441, discovered on 

 the 17th. 



Fig. 35. Sandstone Pipe. 



On April 29th, skeleton No. 448, an adult male, position horizontal, 

 head southeast, depth 17 inches, was found lying over one of the ash 

 pits. The bones of the forearm, lumbar vertebrae, pelvic bones and the 

 two femora were missing. A careful examination was made, but none 

 of the missing bones could be found in the ash pit. A small vessel 

 was taken from near the cranium, on the right side. 



Saturday, May 1st, skeleton No. 449, a child about three years of 

 age, was exhumed; position horizontal, head north. A small vessel was 

 found near the top of the head. 



