WORLE CAMP. sl. 
small bones, apparently those of birds. During the re- 
mainder of the week several other circles were opened, in 
most of which were found small fragments of coarse pottery, 
bones of various animals, some of which appear to have 
been burnt, pieces of blackened wood, but no masonry or 
anything of much interest. The deposits in all are nearly 
the same ; first, earth washed from the surface; then, rubble 
and pieces of rock, to the depth of about five feet; then, 
black earth, with fragments of wood; then, broken stones, 
and, lastly, the solid rock. 
On Saturday was found the skull of a pig, the back 
part of which, being close to the rock, showed that it must 
have been separated from the carcase before it was depo- 
sited in the hole; with it were many fragments of coarse 
pottery, some blackened wood, and a small piece of spar, 
which appears to have been rubbed down at one end, and 
might perhaps have been used as the head of a small 
arrow. In the early part of the week, a large circle 
of fifty feet in diameter, occupying nearly the centre 
of the place, was searched, but it proved to be 
merely superficial, the solid rock being but a very few 
inches below the surface. Near the centre of this eircle 
were found many fragments of pottery, of very coarse 
and rude texture. On Monday, the 27th, we found 
some coarse fragments of pottery, bones of various animals, 
and a piece of spar similar to that before mentioned. On 
Tuesday, at about five feet from the surface, we found the 
jaw of a pig and a few bones, and a little lower a human 
under jaw, the atlas vertebra, the bones of one arm and 
hand, and those of the right foot, in a very perfect state. 
This hole was not nearly so dry as most of the others, and 
those bones only were preserved which had fallen in the 
least damp spots ; enough however remained to shew that 
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