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the skeleton was lying on its face ; and about eight or nine 
inches below the jaw, lay an iron spike about four inches 
long, which appears to have been the head of a dart or 
javelin, with which weapon the man might have been 
killed, and have fallen forward into the excavation. Under 
the skeleton was the usual deposit of black mould, and 
pieces of stick, such as might have been used in the con- 
struction of a wattle roof, under which was a large quantity 
of wheat and barley, which seems to have rested upon a flat 
board, the two sorts of grain having been kept separate from 
eachotherby thin pieces ofwood placedbetweenthem. With 
this grain was found a small piece of what Iat first thought 
to be a coarse straw plait, but which, on closer inspection, 
appeared to be part of a sedge mat, or perhaps basket, in 
which the grain might have have been kept. The investi- 
gation of this curious store was not completed till 
Thursday, when another excavation was opened. In 
one corner was a ledge of rock, which might have 
served as a seat, on the left side of which were the 
fragments of a large earthen vessel, and on the right a 
small store of grain. Near the bottom of this hole was 
found part of a very small ring, apparently of bronze, 
and quite down on the floor, almost forced as it were under 
a projecting ledge of rock, apparently put away with great 
care, two rings of iron about an inch in thiekness, and 
about the same in diameter. On Friday nothing was dis- 
covered, but on Saturday, in the last eircle which has been 
searched, we found many bones of animals, a good deal of 
broken pottery, and just above the floor a piece of iron 
about eight inches in length, which, though quite rusted 
through, appears to be the head of a large spear. Besides 
these remains, we have found a great number of pebbles, 
all nearly of the same size, which, as the hill is nearly 
