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posed of coarse material : brick, earth, and angular pebbles of small size 

 seemed to be what it was composed of. It stood 14^ inches high, 15 

 in diameter, and 3 feet 11 inches round the neck; the rim was 1^ 



inches broad, and bottom 2 inches thick : the latter^was measured 

 after it was fractured. '^'^ED^tt-OX^ 



It was almost devoid of ornamentation, except a few lines that 

 may have been scratched across the rim when the clay was soft. 



The lines slanted upwards, like the fibres of a leaf, to right and 

 left, and closely resembled some of the scratched lines on the terra 

 cotta wheels figured in Dr. Schleiman's book on ancient Troy, which 

 he regarded as symbols of the chariot of the sun. 



Professor Macalister — who assisted the Rev. Dr. Haughton in 

 inspecting the human remains found in Knockninny cave, together 

 with a large quantity of animal bones and some human remains, 

 which I found in caves west of Enniskillen — was of opinion, from 

 the small proportion of animal remains found at Knockninny, compared 

 with what I discovered in the Knockmore caves, that the human 

 remains found in Knockninny, in the strata below where the urn was 

 found, were introduced for the purpose of sepulture. 



There was not a single feature connected with the strata or the 

 remains found therein to indicate burial. The Knockmore caves were 

 nearly in every respect different to Knockninny. They passed into the 

 rocky mass with a considerable dip, and when the waters which tra- 

 versed them became intermittent, angular stones of various sizes 

 choked up some of the narrower parts of the caves, causing a quantity 

 of rock delris and gravel to accumulate in the cave, while the water 

 still percolated through ; and the principal portion of all the animal 

 remains which I found, including horse, wild boar, wolf, deer and 

 dog, together with many other species, were washed into the caves ; 



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