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and resting- on the dark-coloured matter before mentioned, was 

 the body of an adult, laid on the right side, the head to N.W., 

 and close to that end of the grave ; the bones were too much 

 decayed to allow the position of the hands to be noted. In front of 

 the face was a ' food vessel,' on its side, and with the mouth towards 

 the head of the body. It is shaped like fig. 72, though not so 

 globular, and is 5J in. high, 5 in. wide at the mouth, and 2f in. at 

 the bottom ; made in the rudest fashion, and of badly- wrought clay. 

 The only ornamentation upon it is a row of short vertical lines round 

 the inside of the rim, another similar one encompassing the outside 

 of it, and a third about midway between the top and bottom ; 

 they have all been made by a sharp-pointed instrument. In the 

 grave, and especially near the body, charcoal was found in scat- 

 tered pieces. There were also a large number of flint chippings 

 amongst the material of the barrow, and above the grave were four 

 very well-formed round scrapers of flint, one worn quite smooth at 

 the edge by use, two long scrapers, and a peculiarly-formed flint, 

 2 in. long, carefully chipped along both edges for If in. so as to 

 form a point, the remaining parts being left as when it was struck 

 off from the core ; it has somewhat the appearance of an unfinished 

 javelin-head. 



XXVI. The third barrow was close to the last, and east of it. It 

 was 80 ft. in diameter, 2J ft. high, and was made of chalk rubble 

 and clayey earth. Nineteen feet south-south-west of the centre, 

 and 1 ft. above the natural surface, was a deposit of burnt bones, 

 laid in a round heap of about 9 in. in diameter. Upon the bones, 

 at their west side, was an * incense cup,' very much decayed, but of 

 which enough remains to allow the size and ornamentation to be 

 determined. In shape it is somewhat like fig. 63, but wider in 

 proportion at the mouth, and is If in. high, and more than double 

 that in width. The upper half is ornamented with a band of 

 vertical lines placed between one encircling line above and three 

 below them, all of twisted-thong impressions. About 1 ft. east of 

 these burnt bones was the head of a young person, laid on the 

 right side, and pointing to the north if there had been a body 

 attached. In front of the face, the point touching the teeth, was a 

 well-formed barbed arrow-point of flint, 1| in. long. There was 

 no trace of the presence of any other bones, nor did it seem that 

 any part of the body, except the head, had ever been deposited at 

 the spot. At the centre, and upon the natural surface, was an 



