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strong rim. The next was contracted in circumference into a 

 concave, this space being 3f inches high. It then shewed a 

 bulging rim or rib, and below this the remainder diminished in 

 breadth triangularly and appeared exactly in shape like a flower- 

 pot. This third portion ended in a flat-bottom with a slightly 

 protuberant margin, the bottom diameter being 4 inches, and its 

 thickness 1 inch. This third division was 6 inches in height, and 

 looked as if it had been shaped with a knife, or some cutting in- 

 strument. The external surface of the urn was well smoothed, 

 and displayed on the two upper divisions a considerable amount 

 of ornament of a simple kind, but very rude. The lip round the 

 mouth, which sloped inwards, was f inch broad, and had two 

 rows of irregularly running double lines, which had been im- 

 pressed by plaited thongs of leather, or by plaited rushes. The 

 upper division of the urn shewed a lattice or trellis pattern of 

 double oblique lines of impressions of plaited thongs, crossed 

 mostly by single similar lines ; the two forming rhombs of which 

 there were five in each series. A double plait-formed line en- 

 circled the urn at the top of this design ; a second passed round 

 it in the middle ; and the projecting rim below presented two 

 similar encircling bands, both from a double impression. The 

 ornament on the concave area was differently disposed. This 

 was divided into broad, but not equidistant, spaces, which were 

 occupied for the most part by sets of double perpendicular and 

 horizontal lines, arranged alternately. There were first 7 upright 

 double lines of thong-impressions; then 10 horizontal; then 6 

 uprights followed hy horizontals ; then 8 uprights, and the 

 horizontals again; and then these lines were piled up aslant, 

 one against the other like slabs, forming a kind of inverted Vs ; 

 while again after the interposition of the horizontals ; the lines 

 were impressed in lattice work, with larger openings than on the 

 upper division. There was no pattern on the under portion. 

 The urn was clay-coloured ; in the interior it was much blackened 

 with ashes. At one time, a boss of some reedy grass, had been 

 enclosed within it, while the clay, of which it was composed, was 

 still soft. The impressions left by this were very like the leaves 

 of Eeed-Oanary-Grass {Phalaris arundinacea). 



The oblong-sharpening stone with blunt ends, has four faces, 

 which are smoothed, but had never been rubbed on. It is 3 

 inches long, f inch broad, and ^ inch thick. It is of primary 



