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small quantity of brownish powder. No other aboriginal remains 

 were found with them, nor anything to indicate the probable pur- 

 pose of their interment. The precise circumstances in which 

 they were found were thus communicated by Mr. Goslin to the 

 Society. 



" The urn was found on lot No. 4 in the 8th range of lots in 

 this township (Clarendon). A number of years since, when Mr. 

 Seaman, the owner of the farm, was clearing the land, his atten- 

 tion was attracted by a singular wall or mound of stone. He saw 

 a part of the urns (which were placed vertically), and at first 

 supposed it was a stone carved in that form, and paid no further 

 attention to it till July, 1856, when he went to it, and removing 

 a part of the wall, found the urns. They were placed vertically? 

 the mouths being joined, and the lower one filled with earthy 

 matter, a part of which is sent with the urn. Having heard of 

 the affair, I visited the spot, and hoping to make further disco- 

 veries, obtained help, and with levers removed the large stone 

 which was over the urns. We found beneath it a wall regularly 

 laid, though not cemented, enclosing a space 8 feet by 6. The 

 wall was about 5 feet high ; 3 feet below and 2 feet above the 

 surface, and open at a part of the west side. As the stone which 

 covered it had been broken by some means, probably by the 

 action of fire, I could not ascertain its exact dimensions. That 

 part which I measured was of an irregular figure, about 6 feet 8 

 in. in length, 4 or 4£ feet in breadth, and from 1£ to 3 feet in 

 thickness. Evidence of the antiquity of the structure is afforded 

 by the fact that since it was built a maple tree had grown to the 

 size of about 20 inches in diameter, decayed, and fallen ; its roots, 

 together with those of several smaller trees and shrubs, having 

 extended over the wall. The soil on that part of the wall at the 

 west side was about 10 inches deep." 



The form of the urn is represented in the accompanying 

 wood cut. The material is a fine reddish felspathic clay with 

 many grains of quartz and films of mica; the whole being 

 apparently the product of the decomposition of granite, and, 

 independently of the coarse particles intermixed, an excellent 

 material for terra cotta. The form is as regular as if moulded 

 by the potter's wheel, and is not deficient in symmetry. The 

 general surface is smooth, with very fine revolving lines, produced 

 by the instrument used to give form and finish to the exterior. 

 The thickness at the mouth is T \ ths of an inch : the circum- 



