known as Ambresbunj Banks, Kppimj Forest, 67 



"clamped" for measurement. The desiccating action of the 

 atmosphere soon rendered it friable, and as the clayey 

 agglutinated lumps broke up, objects previously hidden in 

 masses of earth could be more readily detected. Consequently, 

 in the operations of carrying back the soil to the ramparts, 

 the workmen lighted upon several pieces of broken pottery 

 and two or three flint flakes, which were faithfully preserved 

 and given into Keeper Butt's care, and by him duly handed 

 to the Hon. Secretary. In this collection there are four or 

 five pieces of pot of considerable size, as well as several 

 smaller fragments, all presenting characters similar to the 

 specimens enumerated in General Pitt-Rivers's Eeport. The 

 larger shards may be thus described : — 



a. Piece of Pottery irregularly triangular in shape, with a 

 slight curvature inwards; about 2-75 in. long, by 1'7 in. 

 wide, and 0-45 in. thick. Brick-red for about one-third of its 

 thickness on the convex or outside, and very superficially so 

 on the concave side, where the colour is not so rich and the 

 surface probably less fired. Interior substance blackish 

 brown, coarse in texture, with small angular fragments of 

 pebble intermixed. Apparently a fragment of a vessel of 

 considerable size. 



b. Irregularly- shaped piece of pot, about 2-4 in. from 

 corner to corner, by 2 in. broad, and 0*4 in. thick, with a 

 slight curvature towards the inner or less-fired surface. 

 Colour and texture in all respects like "«." On the convex 

 surface are to be noted a few almost obsolete striations, 

 similar to the markings referred to by General Pitt-Rivers in 

 his description of No. 7 (page 61). 



c. Small rimmed pot-shard, 1*2 in. by 0-8 in., about 

 0*40 in. thick at the rim, and about 0-25 in. at the thinner 

 part. The rim is sloped- off towards the outside at an angle 

 of about 45°. The colour is black throughout, except on the 

 outer surface, where a very superficial brown-red tinge 

 obtains. Texture somewhat harder than "a" and "i," and 

 very different in character. Small fragments of quartz and 

 grains of whitish pebble are abundantly intermixed. 



d. Small fragment, 1*2 in. by 0*85 in., and 0-4 in. thick- 

 Colour and texture similar to "c(" and "/>." 



