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circumference at broadest part of it, 10 inches ; height 3i- inches. 

 In the measurement I have been most careful, and expect it is 

 exact. This with another very similar, only larger, was found 



Fig. 11. 



imbedded below an immense collection of large stones heaped 

 together in a field on my property, which field is about a quarter 

 of a mile to the north-west of Greenville, and about a mile south- 

 east of Brandon. Many of the undermost stones in the heap 

 had been exposed apparently to the action of intense heat ; some 

 were quite soft sandy and rotten ; others seemed to have been 

 in a state of fusion by the heat. I caused the stones that were 

 sound and suitable to be carted away for building purposes. 

 When cleared the ground was ploughed, and by the plough the 

 urns were turned \ip. Unfortunately the larger of them was 

 broken to pieces by the plough." " When found the little urn 

 was filled with a black hard substance, which some say may have 

 been the heart of a distinguished individual." This is very 

 unlikely. 



It belongs to the class of "Immolation Urns," as Mr L. 



