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portraits of their ancestors. That produced was one of the 

 finest specimens he had ever seen, and consisted of a figure with 

 a very large head, the tongue protruding in a posture of derision 

 or defiance. There was no neck to speak of, and there were only 

 three fingers and one thumb on each hand. The legs were 

 curved round and joined together at the feet. These figures 

 were generally worn round the neck, and were considered as 

 ancestral memorials. An eminent gentleman told him quite 

 recently, with great glee, that he had captured one for which he 

 gave £6, but it was very small. The one given by Mrs. Ford 

 was not only one of the finest, but one of the first sent home. 

 It was not the least damaged. One of the amusements of the 

 natives was to polish these with oil until all the small carving 

 was obliterated. This was intact, and Mrs. Ford should be 

 sincerely thanked for the gift. 



Papers were read by Mr. Lewis, Treasurer of the 

 Anthropological Society, and others, and are printed in the 

 Journal. 



Mr. Enys exhibited the little MS. signal book used by Sir 

 George Grray, signal midshipman on the Victory, at the battle of 

 St. Vincent. This valuable relic belongs to Mr. Enys, and on its 

 front page appear the words ' ' Day signals for the fleet in the 

 Mediterranean under the command of Admiral Sir John Jervis, 

 1796." 



The Harlyn Explorations. 



The human bones and the relics found with them at Harlyn 

 were exhibited, and the Rev. W. lago explained them in detail, 

 and gave some information concerning the work of investigation. 

 The burial place, he said, was covered with a superabundance of 

 sand which had to be removed. Beneath this sand was an old 

 brown hill with a tolerably flat top. On that hill, consisting of 

 sand resting upon rock, the ancient people whose heads they saw 

 upon the table made the cemetery. They dug their graves in 

 straight lines, one head to another, all running towards the north 

 or south. There were many lines of graves side by side, about 

 3 feet apart, and about 1^ feet below the surface. Beneath these 

 were other rows of graves. They graves were lined with great 

 slate slabs, and the bodies therein were laid in a contracted pos- 



