18 The Eleventh General Meeting. 
burned bones when placed in the urn; amber ornaments; bronze 
dagger blades; jet, agate, and amber beads; pully beads; gold ear- 
rings; flint arrow heads; bronze torques, armille, and rings; and 
bronze and stone celts. One amber ornament found in a tumulus 
at Lake, in 1806, is probably unique in size, whilst four unique 
objects of polished bone also found in a tumulus at Lake, were con- 
sidered by Sir R. C. Hoare as “the greatest curiosities we have 
ever yet discovered:” they were probably used for casting lots or 
for playing some game. There was also a mould for casting bronze 
celts, made of a compact syenite, which was found in the parish of 
Bulford, near Amesbury. The collection was very large, and included 
many curious and rare articles too numerous to be particularised. 
On taking leave of this charming spot, nestled like an Oasis in 
the downs, and bidding adieu to the kind-hearted proprietor, the 
party proceeded over the Normanton down to Stonehenge: 
here a ladder was reared against the highest impost, and several 
persons ascended the trilithon above, for the purpose of ex- 
amination and measurement: after which on the suggestion of 
Earl Nelson, Dr. Thurnam came forward, and gave a general 
outline of the principal features of Stonehenge. He remarked, at 
considerable length, on what had been the probable use of Stone- 
henge, the date of the structure, and the mode of its construction. 
He gave a most interesting account of what was known respecting 
the stones, and the various changes which had taken place within 
the memory of man. In reference to the projeeted raising of the 
trilithon and altar-stone, which he said had been suggested by the 
British Association, and which had brought their society into so 
much notoriety within the last few months, he was of opinion that 
it might have been done without endangering the structure in the 
least. If they had placed the matter in the hands of competent 
engineers, he was of opinion that the altar-stone might have been 
undermined, in the way suggested by the chairman in his opening 
address, and been the means of eliciting much valuable information 
without endangering its safety. He referred briefly to the differ- 
ent excavations that had been made, and stated that he had heard 
that when the present Mr. E. Antrobus, M.P. came of age, an 
