288 Notes on the Opening of a Tumuhis on 



a necklace of beads of the same material from 

 Padstow, Cornwall, found with Roman re- 

 mains, is figured in Archceological Journal, 

 xvii., 315, This material is rarely found. 

 ,,21. Spoon of white metal, in perfect preservation, 

 quite uncorroded, of late Roman tj'pe, the 

 handle joined to the bowl by the usual curved 

 attachment. The bowl l|in long x Igin. in 

 breadth. The handle 4^in. long, octagonal in 

 section, straight and pointed. The bowl shows 

 considerable signs of use by a right-handed 

 person. 



Two precisely similar spoons are figured in 

 Hoare's Ancient IVilts. Another, with a spiral 

 handle, found at Bokerly, is figured in Ex- 

 cavations, vol. III., PI. clxxv., of which Gen. 

 Pitt-Rivers remarks : — " Similar spoons have 

 been frequently found among Roman remains, 

 and were used for eating eggs. The point at 

 the end of the shank was used for picking 

 snails out of their shells, these being a com- 

 mon article of food among the Romans." 



Flint Objects. 



Only three worked flints were found. A finger-shaped 

 " strike-a-light " of brown cherty flint, 3|in. in length, 

 bruised by use at the end, and two very roughly-made 

 " scrapers " of black flint, only slightly worked on one 

 edge. 



A good many flints which had been burnt were found- 

 possibly they may have been used as pot boilers. 



Stone Objects. 



An irregular-shaped piece of hard sandy chert? 7in. x 

 7^in., rubbed smooth on one edge, and showing hollowed 

 marks of rubbing on its upper surface. 



