472 The Grave-mounds of .Derbyshire, and tlteir Contents. 



amples of this kind have as yet been found in Derbyshire. One 

 or two examples of domestic vessels, though but in fragments, 

 have been found in the cemeteries ; but of these just now it will 

 be unnecessary to speak. Those who desire more extended infor- 

 mation on the subject of the pottery of the Anglo-Saxons cannot 

 do better than turn to the sixth volume of the Intellectual 

 Observe r, where they will find an admirable paper on the 

 subject from the pen of my friend Thomas Wright, who, along 

 with another valued friend, Charles Roach Smith, was among 

 the first to clear up the mystery which surrounded the remains 

 of the fictile arts of that people. 



Having now fulfilled the promise which I made in the 

 opening of this series of papers, that of devoting them to 

 giving a general insight into the modes of construction and the 

 contents of the grave-mounds of Derbyshire, I close my subject 

 with the earnest expression of a hope that the information 

 which I have given, brief though it necessarily is, may be of 

 service to the readers of the Intellectual Observer, and may 

 enable them to appropriate to their respective ages such remains 

 of the early inhabitants of our country as may come under their 

 notice. In future volumes of The Student * I hope to give 

 from time to time some short separate papers on matters 

 to which I have so far but passingly alluded. 



* See Notice on page 101. 



