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formed, and the spaces for muscular attachment have been ren- 
dered somewhat indistinct. On the articular surfaces there are 
seen raised borders, that on the humerus being half an inch in 
breadth, which have evidently restricted the movements to the 
enclosed central part of the surface. 
From this state of the bones it seems fair to infer that, for 
some time before death, either from some grievous bodily hurt, 
or sudden invasion of disease, the movements of the person must 
have been restricted to a considerable extent and executed pain- 
fully, so that instead of dying as a great warrior on the well- 
fought field, it is more probable that he died lingeringly in his 
bed, and was buried quietly amongst his own people. Though 
the length and the strength of the bones, and the noble size of 
the occipital portion of the skull, shew that in earlier life he had 
enjoyed his full share of health and intellect, the size of both 
skeletons discountenances the idea that they belonged to the 
primeval race of Britons, which was one, as Professor Huxley 
says, of “small, shghtly-made men,” and would lead us to sup- 
pose that they belonged rather to some Romano-British people, 
or Britons of the Saxon period, many of whom are known to 
have been tall and powerfully made. That these were men 
of eminence we may conclude from their mode of burial. 
It is much to be regretted that this place of sepulture should 
have been so much disturbed previously to the present investiga- 
tion, that the skull of one skeleton with the greater part of the 
bones should be missing, and that the capacious cranial fragment 
which has been described should be deficient in its noblest and 
most interesting part. 
