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: ointing to south-west ; its legs were slightly contracted, and its 
right arm from the elbow lay at right angles to the body. 
So far, then, have these explorations been carried, and, as 
this record goes to show, yielded most valuable results, giving us 
- much information as to the habits and customs of some of the 
tribes of that race which contributed so much to the making of 
_ England, as well as throwing considerable light upon the history 
of the district; and we have reason to believe that this work of 
our Society is regarded by archzeologists generally as one of the 
most interesting discoveries of its kind that has been made for 
_ many years past. 
The relics which the Society holds in its possession have been 
carefully cleaned, preserved, and mounted, and are deposited in 
the Society’s room. 
It would have been exceedingly interesting to have explored 
_ other localities in this neighbourhood, as well as to have traced 
_ further the course of the ditch, and to have determined its ex- 
_ tent, as to whether it encircled the burial ground, or, as was more 
probably the case, merely served as a receptacle for the remains 
of animals sacrificed at funeral feasts, for the fragments of those 
vessels, chiefly of Roman origin, out of which the funeral libations 
were drunk, and for the refuse resulting from those ceremonies 
_ practised at the burials of the Pagan English. 
7. 
Whether these explorations are to remain zx statu guo, or be 
“carried out to a successful termination, rests with the Natural 
_ History and Archeological Society primarily, and generally with 
e people of the historic town of Burton-on-T'rent. 
In conclusion I must express my best thanks to many members 
; of the Society for much help given me in the drawing up of this 
record, but more especially to Mr. G. R. Strachan for the very 
excellent maps and plans made by him of the scene of the 
Sommittee’s operations. 
