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what they know best. This is what happens in the Lewis, and I 

 have no doubt was the case in the prehistoric ages. 



I have shown you a Uttle of what we learn from this pottery of 

 its owner's domestic habits. Let us see what these potsherds will 

 tell us of their religion. 



His sepulchral vessels have been classified thus : cinerary urns, 

 incense cups, food vessels, and drinking cups ; but this is purely 

 a conventional nomenclature, and you must be very cautious 

 about drawing conclusions from the names. 



CINERARY URN. 



I. The cinerary urns contain a deposit of burnt bones, and in 

 the museum at Carlisle there are some very fine examples, which 

 were found at Garlands, during the building of the large asylum 



