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guessed it to be one, and thinking it might be full of coins 

 emptied out the contents with his knife. Mr Dickie ai-riving on 

 the scene, got him to replace the contents, which appeared to be 

 nothing but clay, or rather fine sand. In looking about they 

 noticed some pieces of bone, and these they also put into the 

 urn. Mr Dickie gave the urn to me, which I now exhibit and 

 present to this Society. On visiting the place I ascertained that 

 it was lying on its side, and was at the depth of four feet and a 

 half below the surface. It is of red clay, burnt, unglazed, very 

 tine in texture, ornamented with three lines — two at its widest 

 part, with a row of dots between, and one \ inch from the top. 

 Between the top line and that next below there are line diagonal 

 cross-lines. The three lines are clearly cut as if made by a sharp 

 instrument. From the accompanying drawing, kindly made by 

 Mr Robert Bai-bour, its dimensions will be easily seen. It is 2| 

 inches high, IJ inches in diameter at the base, and slopes grace- 

 fully to its greatest diameter, which is 3 inches at 1^ from the 

 base, then gradually contracts to 2i inches at the top. There 

 are two small holes pierced through one side about half an inch 

 apart. I have looked carefully for a lid or covering, and also for 

 a larger urn, but up to the present have not discovered either. 

 On Friday evening Mr Barbour and I visited the place, and on 

 digging to the depth of 4^ feet we found numerous pieces of 

 bones, lying on the same level as the urn had been, and within a 

 I'adius of 1^ feet. These bones we collected, also two pieces of 

 charcoal, and some of the darker coloured sand with a piece of 

 the skull embedded therein. The fragments of bones are not 

 larger than an inch and a half, and are evidently portions of a 

 human skeleton, and I think a full grown male. However, I 

 have these specimens for further examination by experts if desir- 

 able. When tlie greystone was buried, I have ascertained that 

 a hole was dug at the side, and that it was pushed into it, in the 

 direction from the wall or towards the north. The urn was 

 found on the south side of the stone when buried, and we found 

 the fragments of bones on the south side of the place where the 

 stone had lain, so we may conclude that the urn and bones were 

 very close together, and that they were buried in a grave four 

 and a half feet below the present level of the field, or three feet 

 and a half below the top layer of soil, and that the greystone 

 originally marked the site of this interment. From these par- 

 ticulars, I venture to express the opinion that the urn is an 



