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which likewise, by the appearances they present in their 

 interiors, plainly show that at the time of interment they 

 held liquids designed to satisfy the thirst of the deceased. 

 Another form of vases, for all these different vessels are 

 distinguished by separate and readily discriminated forms, 

 named incense cups, is not so certainly known to have 



No. 5. SMALL INCENSE CUP, FROM WETTON HILL 

 BARROW, DERBYSHIRE. HAS FOUR LOOPED EARS FOR 

 SUSPENSION : HEIGHT, 4J INCHES. 



been appropriated to some special purpose. This name 

 was given by a distinguished antiquary, Sir Richard Colt 

 Hoare, who at the beginning of this century directed such 

 great attention to the opening of the barrows of Wiltshire. 

 And my late coadjutor, the last, most exact, and most 

 learned barrow digger, after considering the various sug- 

 gestions thrown out to explain then* probable uses, is in- 

 clined to think that they really contained incense and 

 perfumes that were thrown into the funeral pyre. 



It is now a number of years ago, perceiving the vast 

 interest that attached to the human remains discovered in 

 Ancient British barrrows, especially the skulls of those 

 who had been interred in them, which at one period con- 

 tained the great centres of their nervous systems, from 

 which emanated all that we understand by the lives and 



