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On No. 22,313 there arc two complete panels and one incomplete (Fig. 61) on 

 each side between the faces. The number of dots varies. It is a well-preserved 

 specimen, and the lines show a regard for precision rarely seen in the collection. 



No. 22,378. 



No 22,373. 



In Fig. 62 will be observed a circle on each side of the perpendicular in a, 

 and a crooked irregularity in the left-hand boundai-y line of the same figure. 

 This panel occurs six times on No. 22,378. On No. 22,373 the panel is found 

 four times, leaving a gap which was filled in apparently with the same pattern 

 modified, the paint has been so much effaced as to leave the design uncertain. 

 The panels on this specimen again differ from the last in having dashes in place 

 of the circles, and the central perpendicular line crossed by a horizontal. 



Fig. 64. 

 J> c f a. c 



No. 304. 



No. 304. 



We are presented with the first step in radical change of this pattern in 

 No, 304. Here the simple form in a, Fig. 64, is modified materially by a shaded 

 line drawn between c and d, and the introduction in the vacant centre of a, of a 

 figui'e, the remaining traces of which resemble to a certain extent the curious 

 forms in Figs. 4956. The paint just here has unfortunately been much worn. 

 In the band around the bowl the panel, a, Fig. 64, was produced three times, and 

 then that in Fig. 65 ; this was followed by two more of a, and the remaining 



