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feet long, 



by 



4 J broad and 5 feet deep. 



The seve 



L-al dimensions were 



as follows 



















No. 





Length. 





Breadth. 





Depth. 



1. 



6 feet 4 inches. 



3 feet 8 inches. 



3 feet 8 inches. 



2. 



6 



» 6 „ 



4 



55 





4 



j) 





3. 



7 



>, 6 „ 



4 



3) 



3 „ 



5 



J? 





4. 



6 



9 



3 3 ' J 33 



3 



33 



4 „ 



2 



33 



6 „ 



5. 



5 



33 ^ „ 



3 



33 



3 „ 



3 



33 



9 „ 



0. 



5 



3> ^ 53 



4 



33 





3 



33 



6 „ 



7. 



6 



33 



3 



33 



3 „ 



3 



33 



3 „ 



8. 



6 



55 



3 



33 





3 



3) 





9. 



7 



5) 



3 



33 





4 



33 





10. 



6 



M 3 55 



3 



33 



9 



3 



33 



6 



11. 



5 



3) 



3 



33 



9 



4 



11 





3. ' All these Cromlechs had square or segmental apertures which 

 the natives always point out as a proof that these structures used to 

 form the abodes of the pygmy race, described in their legends. 

 Some have supposed that these apertures were made use of for the 

 purpose of introducing the cinerary urns and bones of the members of 

 the family into the sepulchral vault, as they died one after the other. 

 I am inclined to this belief, as the urns were invariably discovered in 

 each corner, and often piled one on the top of the other, and these 

 openings are always at the top of the front slab, and immediately be- 

 low the super-incumbent slab. The doors or apertures were generally 

 found to face towards the east, but strange to say, one was found 

 facing to the north, and a few to the west. They are 1J, If, and 2 

 feet wide.' 



4. ' I am glad to be able to state that the excavations resulted in 

 the discovery of several antique-shaped urns and pots, composed of 

 thick red and black pottery, apparently highly glazed, some of which are 

 on four feet, and some are tripods. Lieutenant W. Freeth, the Assistant 

 Superintendent of the Revenue Survey, has kindly sketched and litho- 

 graphed a group of these urns, and his lithographed copies will 

 convey a better description of these antique vessels than any 

 words of mine can do. (Copy of these drawings is given, Plate 3.) 

 They are all full of hard earth, apparently well rammed in by the 

 rain-fall of successive monsoons. I had some of the damaged 



