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finer texture. Some incision may also be seen upon it; its tliickness 

 is J inch. It was found at a depth of 1 foot from the surface. 



(4) A very rough sherd + inch in thickness, and having many 

 fragments of shells in it ; on the inside it is of a reddish colour and on 

 the outside black. Upon the black, however, it has a very thin coat- 

 ing of buff colour. The incisions on it are rather coarse, and are 

 apparently made by means of the finger nail. It was found at a depth 

 of 3 feet from the surface. 



(5) A fragment of the same texture as the foregoing, wanting, 

 however, the buff coating, and having more coarse incisions upon it. 

 It was found at a depth of 2J feet from the surface. 



(6) A very rough and poorly baked sherd of a slate colour, having 

 a perfectly black coating on the inside ; the ornaments incised upon it, 

 though more elaborate, are also coarse. Its thickness is a little more 

 than ^ inch ; it was found at a depth of 2^ feet. 



(7) Another fragment of a very rough texture; its colour is a slate 

 grey, and it has a more elaborate ornament engraved on it. Its thick- 

 ness is about -J- inch, and it was found at a depth of 2 feet from the 

 surface. 



(8) A bit of very poorly baked, pottery | inch thick, having rather 

 coarse incisions upon it ; it is also of a slate-grey colour, and was found 

 at a depth of 3 feet. 



(9) A fragment of pottery of a slafe colour, having a perfectly black 

 coating on the inside. The greater part of the incisions on it are rather 

 faint, but it has also a band of a well-marked ornament. Its thickness 

 is J inch, and it was found at a depth of 3 feet from the surface. 



(10) A fragment of much better baked pottery of finer texture ; it is 

 probably a part of a bowl ; it has a fine band engraved around it, which 

 is probably made with the finger nail. In colour it is grey, with a 

 black coating on the inside. Its thickness is ^ inch, and it was found 

 at the same level with (8) and (9). 



(11) This is similar in texture to No. 8; the incisions on it are, 

 however, finer. It was found a little higher up than Nos. 8, 9, and 10. 



(12) This sherd is of almost the finest quality met with during these 

 excavations. Its colour is black, with a reddish slip on the outside. 

 It is a fragment from the rim of a vase ; the incisions upon it are fine 

 and straight. Its thickness is less than ^ inch, and it was found 

 at a depth of 2 feet from the surface. 



(13) A sherd of very rough texture, very poorly baked. In colour 

 it is dark grey, with a whitish slip on the outside. The ornaments 

 upon it consist of two incised parallel lines ; it is |- inch in thickness, 

 and it was found at a depth of only -J- foot from the surface. 



(14) This is undoubtedly the finest piece of pottery foux.d during the 

 excavations. It is of a black or very dark-grey colour; its thickness is 

 less than ^ inch; the incisions upon it are also more perfect 

 than any of those on the foregoing sherds. They are filled with a 

 material quite like chalk, both in colour and consistency. This sherd 

 was found at a depth of a little over 3 feet from the surface. 



