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taken to replace the snow over them to its former depth. During 
the latter part of the above period of Jan. 28th to Feb. 18th, 
1895, the thickness of the layer of snow above the thermometers 
gradually diminished, and a partial thaw on Feb. 18th caused it 
to disappear. 
123.—Nores on THE OPENING OF SOME TUMULI ON THE 
Soutn Downs. 
By H. C. Connyer. 
(Read May 21st, 1895.) 
In the spring of 1893 my attention was called to a series of 
barrows, situated on a ridge of the South Downs, near the valley 
of the Arun; one of them had just been destroyed by the con- 
struction of a dew-pond, and a skeleton in perfect preservation 
was found in it, and, as others had been destroyed before from 
various causes, I obtained permission to examine the remainder. 
The barrows were of two clearly-defined varieties belonging to 
widely different periods. Those of the earlier date were very 
large round barrows, formed either of flints or earth, piled on the 
natural surface of the ground, which showed traces of the fire 
used to consume the body; and in them were found bronze 
articles, and urns of coarse pottery usually containing ashes. 
They are in all probability of Celtic origin, and belong to the 
period immediately preceding the Roman occupation. 
The barrows of this date, which consisted of flints, have been 
removed during the last few years for the sake of the flints; the 
outlines only of one or two remain to show their position. The 
workmen engaged in their removal found in all of them pottery, 
and in some bronze implements. In most cases the urns were 
broken to pieces, and the fragments not preserved ; but I have 
obtained one urn and some fragments of a larger one, and also a 
bronze implement, all of which, I am informed, were so found, 
and which are on the table. 
Two barrows formed of earth still remained, and one of these 
had never been disturbed until it was opened in the presence of 
some members of this Club the year before last, when were 
found pieces of glass and bronze partly fused by heat, a quantity 
of ashes, and some coarse pottery ; the bronze staple of a shield 
remained intact, and some fragments of glass retained their form 
sufficiently to show that they were pieces of a glass cup with a 
handle. 
The other round barrow is the largest in the district, and is 
known as ‘‘ The Burgh,” but it has at some time been dug into 
