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been carried off to Boscarne, to be dug up there in our own day; 

 but more probably they were those made and used by the Britons 

 of Boscarne. 



Amongst the articles contributed to the Bodmin museum 

 from the district, a silver pin for fastening the toga is 

 mentioned. I cannot trace this, but there is a light-colored 

 bronze fibula with pin, which may be the one intended and 

 "wrongly described as to material. It is of buckle-form with 

 heart-shaped openings. 



The armlet mentioned in the list is curious, and may be 

 seen in the museum at Truro. In what peat-bog of Bodmin it 

 was found, the late Bev. J. W. Murray has not stated in tbe 

 label. He has styled the object Soman, but it may be British. 

 Two fragments, forming about one-half of the ring and the 

 fastening, remain. The surface is plainly rounded. The exterior 

 diameter of the circle is about 6 inches, the interior diameter 5- 

 inches. It could therefore have been worn on the arm, leg, or 

 around the neck of a man. If part of a cuirass, it must have 

 been attached at the shoulder so as to form a rim for the arm-hole, 

 or else it encircled the throat ; but there are no marks of 

 attachment. 



It consists of a pipe or thin skin of bronze, £-inch in 

 diameter, with a bronze block, J- of an inch long and fitting the 

 bore, inserted at each end. One of these blocks has a point, the 

 other a hole or socket ; together they form a rude clasp or catch. 

 The remainder of the tube is filled with solid tin, melted and 

 run in. 



The bronze covering is slightly open all along its inner cir- 

 cumference, displaying the tin ; the opening having probably 

 been caused by the oxidizing and consequent expansion of the 

 inner metal. The bronze in colour resembles dull gold, the tin 

 appears black, but when scraped with a knife both metals 

 become quite bright. The bronze is hard and springy, not 

 flexible, — this is an evidence of its being antique. 



The bronze tanged-blade and socket-celt have both been 

 broken at point, and the palstab has received two sharp cuts 

 on its face from some other tool or weapon. 



