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(From tumulus at Arbor Low, one-third real size.) 



The second vase is 4f in. high, 

 and 5£in. in diameter, the mark- 

 ings on it are very simple ; it is 

 made of coarse clay, and is not 

 so highly glazed as the other. 

 Considering the maker had no 

 potter's wheel, they are both of 

 elegant shape. In addition to 

 these a piece of the edge of 

 another vase was found. The 

 floor of the cist was on the natural 

 soil, and it was strewed with 

 rats' bones (Arvicola amphibia) 

 within and without. 



(From tumulus at Arbor Low, one third real size.) 



In the distance, about 350 yards from Arbor Low, is another tumulus, 

 called Gib Hill, a very conical mound of about 18ft. in height and 70ft. to 

 80ft. in diameter, with the usual basin-shaped cavity on the top. It is 

 connected with Arbor Low by a rampart of earth running in a 

 serpentine manner somewhat like the avenue through Abury ; a fact of 

 interest to those who believe in the serpent-worship of the Celts. This 

 tumulus was opened by Mr. Bateman in 1842, and he found that it had been 

 raised over four smaller mounds. The central interment consisted of a 

 dolmen formed of four blocks of limestone, and covered by a slab 4ft. 

 square. This cist contained burnt human bones, a small urn, 4|in. high, 

 and several pieces of white calcined flint. In the earth of the tumulus 



