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C a r ii a c said, but a few of a very large number of articles found 

 in those Barrows, but they were quite sufficient to establish the 

 identity referred to. These iron implements were invariably found 

 together with pottery urns, or with fragments of them, for it 

 was extremely difficult to get out the urns intact. Most of the speci- 

 mens in the collection spoke for themselves, but the iron snaffle, 

 the stirrups, the spear and other accoutrements of the warrior, 

 whose tomb had been examined, were, he ventured to think, of 

 special interest. He would also draw attention to a very perfect 

 specimen of an iron battle-axe. It would be seen that the iron 

 crossbands by which the axe was fastened to the handle were still 

 intact. A reference to the Illustrated Catalogue of the Royal Irish 

 Academy would shew that this specimen had an exact counterpart 

 in an axe found in Ireland, in a Barrow similar to that from which 

 the axe now exhibited was exhumed. And the same remark applied 

 to the bangles and other articles in the collection, which, would be 

 found to resemble, in every respect, remains discovered, under ex- 

 actly similar circumstances, in Ireland, which remains were figured 

 in the Catalogue above referred to. 



Another circumstance was perhaps worthy of notice, and might 

 be useful in assisting to determine the age to which they belonged. 

 On the sculpturings of the Bhilsa and Oomraoti topes, a people, 

 who would appear to be distinct from the Aryans, were there 

 represented wearing bangles, and armed with battle-axes similar 

 to those now exhibited. 



There was yet another circumstance connected with, the remains 

 which was perhaps as interesting as any of the points above 

 noticed of the similarity between the remains in India and 

 Europe. And he was not aware that this point had been noticed 

 be fore. His attention had first been drawn to it by a work entitled 

 " Archaic Sculpturings" written by Sir James Simpson, 

 the well known antiquarian. This book contained an account, 

 with illustrations, of peculiar marks found on the monoliths, which 

 surround the Barrows in Northern Europe. Now although he 

 (Mr. \l ivett-Carnac) had often visited the Nagpur tumuli, 

 and noticed some indistinct markings on the weather-worn stones, 

 he had never paid any very particular attention to them, until 



