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broken through want of care in the excavation. One of them, 
however, is nearly perfect, having fortunately been saved 
by Mr. Larcom, who was riding past the spot shortly after 
their discovery. 
These urns, which, as usual, are of baked clay, exhibit 
a greater degree of taste in art than those commonly found, 
particularly in one example, which is unfortunately broken, 
and on which the ornaments are in relief, 
Subsequently, in the centre of the mound, a tomb was 
discovered, and the workmen were stopped from proceeding 
further, in order that its examination might be directed by 
the deputation from the Academy. That this course was a 
judicious one, and led to discoveries interesting to anti- 
quarian science, which would not otherwise have been made, 
will appear from the following results. 
The tomb consists of a table, or covering stone, 6 feet 
6 inches in length, from 3 feet 6 inches to 3 feet in breadth, and 
14 inches inthickness. This stone rested on five supporting 
stones, varying from 2 feet 6 inches to 1 foot 3 inches in 
breadth, and about 2 feetinheight. Of these supporters there 
was one which did not actually touch the covering stone, 
a small stone, since removed, having been wedged between 
it and the latter ; and there were five other stones, not used 
for supports, but as forming the enclosure of the tomb. One 
