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1. The remains of the bones of two human skeletons, viz. : 



(a) The skeleton of an adult the bones of which are much 



broken and show evidence of having been calcined. 



(b) The skeleton of a child about five or six years of age. 



2. Pieces of charcoal. 



In conclusion I may say that steps have been taken to preserve 

 the cist, while the proprietor of the estate, A. Dingwall Fordyce, Esq., 

 of Brucklay, has presented the contents of the cist to Professor Reid 

 for preservation in the Anatomical Museum of the University. 



WHITESTONE SHORT CIST. 



This cist was recovered on the farm of Whitestone, Skene, on 3rd 

 March, 1 905. On the following day Professor Reid, Mr. D. R. Thorn 

 and myself examined the cist. In the interval the cist and its contents 

 had been carefully preserved by the tenant of the farm, Mr. R. Allan. 

 The cist was unearthed while workmen were removing gravel in the 

 corner of a flat cultivated field. In removing the gravel the workmen 

 partly uncovered one side of the cist (Plate IX.). 



The cist had been opened by the removal of a large flat stone at 

 the north-west corner. The long axis of the cist runs exactly east 

 and west. There is a depth of from 6 to 10 inches of mould over 

 the covering stone of the cist. The inside measurements of the cist 

 are 3 feet 10 inches long, 24 inches broad and 21 inches high. The 

 north side of the cist is formed by two somewhat irregular flat stones 

 set on edge. As these are only from 15 to 18 inches in depth, to 

 complete this wall, between their upper margins and the covering 

 stone is wedged in a series of three smaller stones. The south side 

 of the cist is formed by a single flat stone set on edge. The east end 

 of the cist is closed by a flat stone 24 inches wide by 18 inches high, 

 while over its upper edge there projects inwards for some 4 inches the 

 end of a stone 3| inches in thickness. In the same manner the west 

 end of the cist is formed by one flat stone 24 inches wide by 10 inches 

 high, and over its upper margin a stone 5 inches in thickness projects 

 inwards for 4 inches. The roof is practically formed by one large 



