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ON THE INTERMENTS OF PRIMITIVE MAN. 



island. It may also be mentioned as a fact of much in- 

 terest at the present day, that there is every reason to 

 infer they were moulded by the delicate fingers of the 

 women of the tribes. These vessels have not been exposed 

 to any high temperature, as in burning modern pottery, 

 but only slightly burnt, commonly by placing fire within 

 them. But they differ greatly in another particular from 

 modern pottery : they exhibit much variety in the patterns 

 impressed upon them. The women had evidently followed 

 their own fancies in the ornamentation of these vases, and 

 they are free from that sameness and uniformity which are 

 the characteristics of Staffordshire wares. 



The different kinds of vases, of which we shall present 

 figures for illustration, discovered in barrows have been 



No. 2. LARGE CINERARY URN, FROM BALLIDON MOOR 

 BARROW, DERBYSHIRE : HEIGHT, 1 1 INCHES. 



divided by antiquaries into cinerary urns for the reception 

 of the ashes of the dead ; food vessels, which the remains 



