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appears to have been that they were found standing upright, as 
though their embedding in the earth had been a gradual Sta 
ufacconipanied by any disturbance of their order. 
The likelihood that there had been a wood-lined central vault is 
strengthened by the actual discovery of a passage from the west 
side of the grave, which seems to have given into some such cham- 
ber; at least it led toward the spot where the body had formerly 
lain. A portion of this passage—all that was left—I personally 
saw, photographed, measured, and in part excavated, so that for its 
existence I can positively vouch. Here the former existence of some 
sort of plank lining was clearly evident, for there was a very sharply 
marked plane of cleavage between the earth forming the walls of 
the passage and that with which it was filled. I was told that the 
top of the passage was vaulted, and see no reason to doubt the state- 
ment, particularly as it came from one of my most intelligent 
informants. 
Soon after I noticed the remains of what may have been a similar 
passage, already partly dug away, leading from the north in the di- 
rection of the spot where the body had lain, and I was informed by 
more than one eyewitness that two others had been found, on the 
east and south, respectively. This would make it appear that pas- 
sages or trenches of some sort had led into the hypothetical funeral 
chamber, or at least to the spot occupied by the body, from each of 
the four cardinal points. It is only fair to say, however, that in the 
remains of this trench from the north I found no signs of a former 
plank lining, while it seemed to differ also in the nature of its con- 
tents from that on the west. The earth filling both was intermingled 
with potsherds of identical character, but these were far more numer- 
ous in that to the north, while the latter also contained great abun- 
dance of animal bones and so much charcoal as to give the soil a 
distinctly blackish tinge. 
The very plentiful fragments of pottery were of various shapes 
and types, most of them new tome. I found no pieces intact in either 
of the trenches, but on the dump I saw a well-modeled little vase on 
a high foot, of a fine gray undecorated ware and in perfect con- 
dition. Before I could get to it to pick it up, it had been wantonly 
smashed by the bystanders. I secured the fragments, however, as 
well as numerous others of the same ware, and I judge from these 
that a good many vessels must have been found quite intact in the 
course of the excavation, for the fractures were in a large number A 
cases quite fresh. 
The fragments which I collected appear to fall into two bani 
classes. Of these one is composed of the gray ware just mentioned, 
of varying degrees of fineness, and either plain or else marked with 
cord or fabric impressions such as are known in many parts of the 
