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nearly similar to their appearance when first discovered. 

 Take one as an example — it consists of three clumsy undressed 

 slabs placed on the top, upheld by the side stones on edge, 

 and having an open hollow at one end. It is hoped they 

 will now rest undisturbed. 



The figure of the Urn, drawn by Miss J. Fortune, Duns, 

 from a photo kindly sent by Major A. H. Browne, gives a 

 better general idea of it than any description. In Major 

 Browne's Museum, it is characterised as No. 4034, " British 

 Earthenware Urn, Vandyke pattern border outside, found on 

 Castle Hill Quarry, November 1891; height 5 inches"; p. 

 201 of the "Catalogue of the Works of Antiquity and Art 

 at Callaly Castle, Northumberland, by W. Chaffers, F.S.A.," 

 for private circulation, 1892, 4to. 



The Cists are referred to in Club's Proceedings, vol. xiii., 

 1890, p. 43; and with the Urn, vol. xiv., 1892, p. 24. 



On some Pre-historic Antiquities from the Eastern 

 Borders. By Dr Hardy. 



I. — Bronze Dagger and Flint Arrow Head. (Plate XI.) 



A VERY good example of an early type of a Bronze 

 Dagger, along with a neat Flint Arrow Head, found by a 

 labourer in the Ay ton district, have been kindly lent to be 

 figured by Mr A. L. Miller, Berwick. 



In the figure the Dagger is reversed, but the description 

 begins at the base ; about f inch of the point is broken off. 

 It has a lance-shaped thin blade, with a slightly raised 

 rounded midrib, commencing at an inch above the base ; sides 

 bevelled for sharpening and forming a lateral space from 

 bottom to top, with a sharp edge down to the notch or half 

 rivet hole, but blunt round the base ; the shadow or trace 

 of an ovei-lappinj^ handle (of ox horn, bone, or wood) remaining 

 on the blade up to two inches in height. It had been 

 attached to the handle by two i-ivet holes, ^ inch in diameter, 

 bored from the upper and under sides, and not straight 

 through, one of them torn ; and there are also two lateral 

 notches, which held the halves of two rivet heads, which 

 were fastened in the handle only to steady the blade. The 



