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sent to the Society, which has been baked. The remaining three 

 specimens, as shown on Plate V., are of black unbaked f sun-dried) 

 clay. The two upper figures represent miniature copies of the ordi- 

 nary ghurra or water-pot. The lower figure is of a not uncommon 

 form also, an open deep saucer or dish, with straight sides, not 

 contracted towards the mouth. The drawings are all of the full size 

 of the originals, none of these vessels just described exceeding 1J inch 

 in height. The baked clay vessel with the small tripod support, 

 although very large as compared with the others, is only 4 j inches 

 high including the feet. 



As to general form, I can see nothing in these earthenware vessels 

 differing materially i'rom those manufactured and in use at the present 

 day. The larger vessel has, perhaps, somewhat straighter and less 

 curved sides than commonly given. But this is too trivial a difference 

 to attract much notice. None of the vessels have been glazed ; nor 

 is there, on any of them, ornamentation of even the simplest kind. 

 A few irregular lines which appear to pass round the body of the 

 vessels and which may be seen in the figures, are due to irregularities 

 in the badly tempered material of which they are constructed, and 

 evidently not to any design. 



With these little earthen vessels, were sent, as found along with 

 them, " several beads and tubes bored through, and evidently 

 portions of necklaces. These are of the colour and description of 

 agate, and have circles in white round, with a zigzag pattern in 

 white in the centre." This is Capt. Cole's description. These beads 

 or tubes, are long subfusiform pieces of common cornelian, ground 

 clown carefully on the surface into an elongated barrel shape, and 

 bored through the centre in the direction of the long axis : this 

 boring having obviously been intended to facilitate the stringing 

 together of these bugles or beads. Among those sent up, one is 

 plain, the remainder are all ornamented with white lines, four or five 

 in number, which pass round the bugle forming thin circles of colour. 

 The exterior of these lines, that is, the two nearest to the ends of the 

 beads, are continuous plain fine white lines : but the centre of the five 

 is, in most of the specimens, a sinuous or zigzag line. No other pattern 

 occurs among those sent up. There is also a small circular table or 

 , disc of cornelian rudely ornamented on both faces, by short radiating 



