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still in use among the Malays was also discovered at all 
depths. Seemingly—from a scrutiny of the pieces found, 
many of which are fragments of rims—the vessels were 
mostly pipkins and water-pots. 
ragments of porcelain, nearly all belonging to the 
celadon and crackle classes, in grey-white, apple green and a 
ten feet. Some of the pieces obtained at a depth of 
about six feet have patterns incised in the paste which are 
filled with glaze. Presumably, unless from Sawankhalok in 
Siam, the celadon and other ware is of Chinese origin. 
Some fragments of brown, glazed earthenware were also 
met with in the first six feet of earth excavated. 
Iron objects were found between six and ten feet and 
also between ten and fourteen feet. At the lesser depth 
were discovered the blade of a small working-knife, exactly 
similar to that which present-day Malays use for dressing 
strips of rattan cane and call pisau raut, and the tang 
of another knife-blade of the same kind. Of the specimen 
from below ten feet it is not possible to speak with certainty 
as it is much corroded by rust, but it also appears to 
be a part of a knife-blade of some kind, but of a variety 
larger than the pisau raut. 
No bronze or brass implements or utensils were met 
with, but, at a depth of seven feet in the first excavation, a 
‘cash ’’ of Chinese type was discovered. Father Cardon of 
Taiping has kindly, indentified this for me as an Annamite 
coin issued by ar rebel chief named Nguyen Yan-hue (1786— 
1791). A figure of an indentical specimen can be found 
in the Journal of the Asiatic Society, North China Branch, 
Vol. XVII, Annam and tts Minor Currency, p. 192, fig. 193, 
and a description of the coin on p. 127 of the same volume. 
bones, comprising in some cases consider- 
able parts of skeletons, nearly all much broken, were un- 
earthed at various depths. The jaws are, however, in some 
cases nearly complete and some restoration of some of 
the skulls should also be possible. Very noticeable points are 
that the teeth are remarkably strong and without sign 
of caries, while in almost all cases both front sand back teeth 
are much worn down. Filing might have accounted for this 
in regard to the canines and incisors, but this treatment can 
scarcely have been applied to the premolars and molars, 
the tubercles of which are worn away. These peculiarities 
have also been noted in the case of human teeth from other 
Peninsular rock-shelters and caves, 
It is hoped that these human remains, and those 
viously collected from other sites. will shortly be submitted to 
a specialist in physical anthropology and that the results of 
the examination of them will be published in this Journal. 
Before bringing these notes to a conclusion, it may 
