aoe OPENING OF AN ANCIENT BARROW 
The position of the original green sward, was 
easily seen in the shaft; for, there was almost a 
perfect ring of tufts of decayed grass round the 
shaft: these tufts of grass had the appearance of 
compressed hay; the blades of grass being long 
and strong. Below the grass, were seen the na- 
tural strata of earth, clay, and marl. Two feet 
below this ring of grass, a large living black beetle 
was found. 
DRIFT FROM THE SHAFT TO THE SOUTH SIDE. 
At the suggestion of Mr. Mercer, a tunnel 
three feet square, was driven horizontally, on the 
level of the original green sward, from the shaft, 
into the south side of the barrow. 
CHAMBER. 
And at the distance of about ten feet from the 
centre of the barrow, on the south side of the shaft, 
a chamber was discovered, which, it is supposed, 
contained the original deposit. The base of this 
chamber was two feet broad, and was curved, as in 
the annexed figure No.1: its length was twenty- 
one feet: its height was two feet; and its roof was 
a semi-circular arch. It seemed to be constructed 
of masses of clay, about a foot in diameter, rolled 
into form, in a moist state, and clasely compacted 
