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Its outline is perfect, and both sides are chipped into shape. 

 Nearer the west side (h), and still upon the same level, was an- 

 other leaf-shaped arrow head (Fig. i6), apparently of less elaborate 



Fig. 14. 



Fig. 15. 



Fig. 16 (all i). 



workmanship, but so much calcined that it is difficult to decide. 

 The others found in this cutting, including several indifferent 

 flakes, are more or less calcined, and in this respect are unlike 

 those of Trench A. The large slab was removed, but no inter- 

 ment was found underneath ; so we continued to push southwards. 

 At various levels in the made-ground were broken human bones 

 — the number of lower-jaw fragments indicating three or four 

 individuals ; a cow's tooth ; two fellow fragments of pottery with 

 a yellowish-green glaze, and found at opposite ends of the trench, 

 and a fragment or two of the ordinary ware ; and near the 

 surface, a much rusted piece of iron about i in. long. 



Trench D. — When our cutting reached the central portion of 

 the enclosing-mound, three large and nearly upright slabs were 

 exposed (c, c, c, Fig. 12), forming a recess. After clearing away 

 the earth, stones, and fragments of bones in this recess to a 

 depth of about 18 in., a partially disturbed youth's skull was 

 found near the south-east corner, and mixed up with it were a few 



