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in length over all. There is no hammer, and the handle-socket, 

 which stops with a blind end, projects from the side of the blade. 



An iron spear head S^ inches long and i inch across the 

 broadest part of the blade. It is furnished with a socket, and 

 the blade is marked with a central ridge. 



A fragment of an iron knife blade, i^ inch broad, curving 

 inwards, the edge returning at the point with a curve to the back 

 of the blade. 



Several nails and nondescript pieces of iron. 



A bronze or brass pot foot, 2 inches long, and i inch broad, 

 having projecting central bead and turned out end. 



A bronze ring f inch diameter, made of hoop, ^ inch by 

 3-16, bent round so as to meet at the ends. 



Several small pieces of sheet lead of different thickness. 



An oval disc of lead, i 3-16 inch by i inch, the thickness 

 barely 1-16 inch. 



Five leaden spindle whorls, i inch to i 1-8 inch in diameter, 

 about 1-8 inch thick, the holes 5-16 inch wide. 



Miscellaneous Objects. 



A small equal armed jet cross, personal ornament, described 

 in former Paper. 



A glass bead of sixteen sides, and holed. 



A piece of bone or horn, shaped like a pin. 



A shaped piece of horn. 



A leather sole of a female's shoe. It measures 9I inches lit 

 length, the breadth is i§ inch at the heel, ij inch at the hollo\\ 

 of the foot, 2| inches at the widest part, and the toe is sharp at 

 the point. 



The toe part of a male person's foot-dress, broad and 

 round, made of half tanned skin. 



Pottery. 



This article, which I am assured is both ancient and interest- 

 ing, again bulks largely. It is difficult to convey a just idea of 

 the quantity recovered. When I say there are about 600 frag- 

 ments, it is necessary to explain that the pieces are very small, 

 measuring from J inch to five or six inches across. That a large 

 number of vessels are represented is obvious from the difference 

 of the ware, shape, colour, and style of ornamentation. In one 

 respect there is uniformity — all the fragments present the peculiar 



