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barrows on the chalk wolds, immediately adjoining my field 
of research. An account of the greater number of these he 
published in his work on ‘‘ British Barrows” (1877). The 
illustrations and descriptions in this very valuable book 
clearly indicate what a large treasure of relics was then 
obtained. That all these have been placed in the British 
Museum, and are now entirely lost to East Yorkshire—their 
legitimate home—is, I think, much to be regretted. 
(4.) And lastly, I have myself, between 1864 and_ the 
present time, explored nearly the whole of a series of the 
Wold barrows on an area of about eighty square miles. 
That I have safely preserved the relics discovered during 
these researches, the contents of the museum at Driffield 
will testify. I also possess about 1000 drawings, which my 
daughter has made for me, of all the objects of interest which 
I have discovered ; and I have in addition a full type-written 
description of the results of all my excavations ; and I may 
say that the procuring and arranging of this collection has 
been one of the greatest pleasures of my life. That this 
collection should belong to the district, and remain in it, has 
been, and is, my great and constant desire. Unfortunately, 
however, I cannot afford to offer it as a free gift; but to prove 
my great anxiety for its remaining in the neighbourhood, I 
have offered it to the East Riding County Council at half its 
value. Probably such a purchase by a County Council 
might seem to be a little in advance of the times; never- 
theless, a time will come when such a thing will be done, and 
if the East Riding County Council accept this offer, they will 
never regret being amongst the pioneers in such an advanced 
and enlightened step. 
From the memoranda I have just given it is sad to 
observe that of all the collectors I have referred to, including 
myself, only six are now living. It is also to be lamented 
that of the fourteen collections, only four remain in the 
neighbourhood, these being in the Driffield and Malton 
museums respectively, and those belonging to Mr. Thomas 
Boynton and Mr. Robert Gatenby. Of the other ten, nine 
are mainly absorbed by public and private museums in 
distant parts of the country, or have otherwise disappeared ; 
whilst a great portion of one (the most important of the 
ten) has been removed so far as the south of France. It is 
still more to be regretted that three of the most valuable 
collections of the four named explorers of the barrows (viz., 
those of the late Lord Londesborough, the Rev. Canon 
