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view, which is based upon the recognition of an acknowledged 

 tendency of the human mind as opposed to a view which can only 

 appeal to a superstition of probably much more limited geographical 

 range \ A somewhat similar vessel, both as to size and contour, 

 from the Oberpfalz of Bavaria, may be found figured in ' Die Samm- 

 lungen des Germanischen Museums,' Niirnberg, 1868, p. 67. 



May 23, 1870, iii; May 23, 1870, vii. — Skeleton of old Romano- 

 Briton lying in a grave such as described in 'Archseologia,' xlii. 

 p. 42a, undisturbed 18 inches below skeleton of a young Anglo- 

 Saxon, set. about 17, with umbo, spear, and knife. 



May 23, 1870, iv b; May 23, 1870, iv a. — Skeleton of old 

 Romano-Briton, buried with coffin, lying from 4 ft. 7 in. below 

 skeleton of old Anglo-Saxon woman, lying in the contracted 

 position without any relics, and, indeed, with disproof of any 

 coffin, with two cruciform fibulae, a shroud-pin, an iron ring, and 

 a knife 2. 



In both cases the long axis of the upper grave formed more 

 or less of a right angle with the long axis of the semi-oriented 

 lower one. This shows that the burials could scarcely have been 

 simultaneous : for the other conclusions which can be based upon 

 the finding of two skeletons, verifiable as Saxon and Romano- 

 British respectively in the relation specified, see my previous 



^ For the general literature, see Cochet, 'Arch. C^r.' p. 14, ibique citata ; ' Nor- 

 mandie Souterraine,' pp. 199, 267; 'La Seine Inf^rieure,' p. 530; 'Tombeau de 

 Childeric,' p. 391, ibique citata ; Akerman, 'Researches at Long Wittenham/ Archae- 

 ologia, xxxviii. pp. 342, 346, 352 (note), 330, 333, 342, 352 ; pi. XX. fig. 2 ; 'Pagan 

 Saxondom,' pi. XXII, where an urn 8 in. high is described as containing tweezers, 

 shears, comb, and knife, though it is not stated whether any bones were found in it or 

 not. See also ' Inventorium Sepulchrale,' 1856, Introd. p. xxvi, and Neville's 'Saxon 

 Obsequies,' p. 9, where vessels like these are said to have been very frequently, as 

 regards the entire number (viz. three or four times out of twelve), found with infant 

 skeletons, and to have been found either at head or foot, * though in the grave of an 

 adult two small vases were found, one on each side of the former.' This difference 

 in placing seems to me to favour my view as above stated. The Selzen vases were, it 

 is true, or nearly always, at the feet, and those found in the French interments of the 

 same period, always, according to Cochet, 1. c. But at Hallstatt (see V. Sacken, ' Das 

 Grabfeld von Hallstatt,' 1868, p. 107) the position of these vases was most variable : 

 * bald standen sie zur rechten, bald zur linken Seite des Skelettes, neben dem Kopfe, 

 bei dem Hiiften oder zu den Fiissen, bei Verbrennungen in der Eegel neben den 

 Brandresten, selten auf denselben.' 



* These four skeletons, with the relics accompanying them, were presented to the 

 Cornell University, Ithaca, United States. A more detailed account of these objects 

 than that given above may be found in the ' Register' of that University for 1870- 

 1871, pp. 50-54. 



