of the largest one is 200 mm. in height. (Fig. 1, PI. IV). This peculiarity in 

 form has never heen met with in other deposits, and in most cases, the knohs are 

 large and thick, and perforated with from two to six holes which communicate 

 internally. This remarkable conformation has not heen met with in other parts 

 of the empire, and seems to be peculiar to this deposit. In some the knob is 

 simply a slight projection from the rim. In others it forms a twisted loop In 

 other it either projects outward, or internally from the inner surface of the rim. 

 Still further, some rims are conical or notched or undulating. 



The designs are various, but we may be able to classify them generally as 

 follows : — as Prof. Morse has described in the Omori Deposit, " The designs are 

 indifinitely varied ; generally areas partially or wholly enclosed by curved lines, 

 the area within or without the lines being cord marked, the other area being 

 smooth " (Omori Mounds Memoir p. 8). In others, the entire outer surface is 

 cord marked though in some an area near the margin is left which is destitute 

 of the cord marks. Others have deep pits or grooves incised, and in others still 

 the surface is entirely destitute of the cord impressions, and others have a little 

 area near the margin which is separated from the cord-marked area below. The 

 cord marks which are impressed on the entire surface of potteries extend as far 

 as their margin. In some cases, potteries are entirely destitute of cord marks. 



The margins of the potteries are generally smooth and even, but in some 

 cases they are deeply incised forming a sort of knobbed or undulating appearance. 



The common ornamentation is either in curved, spiral, or parallel impres- 

 sions or lines. In many cases, lines cross each other regularly giving a reticulated 

 appearance to the surface. The parallel lines are unevenly interrupted, or a 

 number of parallel lines are interrupted by a zigzag line, or sometimes a number 

 of zigzag lines are arranged one after the other in regular series. 



The entire absence of legs or knobs for the support of the vessel shows in 

 this respect, a resemblance to the pottery of the Omori Deposits. 



The inner surface of rims is, in some cases, marked with two or more 

 parallel grooves. (Fig. 12, PI. IX., Fig. 3, 9, PI. VIII). 



One hundred and eighty seven bases more or less broken were collected, of 

 which four are marked with the matting impression, and six with irregular 

 scratched lines, and the rest are smooth. The largest bottom thus far examined 

 is about fourteen centimetres in diameter. 



In a few vessels the base is slightly larger in diameter than the wall of the 

 vessel arising from it. 



Of thousands of specimens more or less broken, seventeen are sufficiently 

 complete to recognize their entire shape. Some are bowl shaped, or cup-like or 

 pot-like. Ten of the pots are bowl shaped of which one is marked with an 

 exquisite ornamentation on the whole area of the body wall, leaving a smooth 

 space near the bottom. The rim is provided with a single knob perforated near 

 the centre. In this specimen evidences of repair are seen in two small holes 

 which have been bored on the margins of a fracture. (Fig. I, PI. I). 



