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vessels broken up, and the contents carefully sifted, but could not dis- 

 cover any traces of bones, whether calcined or not. This would lead 

 to the belief that these vessels had not been used as cinerary urns. 

 The small fragments of charcoal were generally found in the earth 

 inside the Cromlechs and smaller cists.' 



5. ' Below the sketch of the urns, Mr. Freeth has drawn some of 

 the pieces of iron weapons found in these Cromlechs. The large one 

 would appear to have been a spear or large javelin, and the others 

 arrows and hilts of daggers.' 



6. ' There are no concentric rows of stones round these Cromlechs, 

 as generally found elsewhere ; but I found that the Cromlechs at 

 Fraserpett had distinctly such rows of upright stones round each. 

 These look as if they had been tampered with, though not for many 

 years past ; but I will cause them to be carefully excavated next 

 month, and will submit a separate report on the results.' 



(Sd.) R. A. Cole, 



Supdt. of Coorg. 

 The President, in inviting the remarks of the Members on this 

 communication, said : It was one of the most interesting discoveries 

 of the kind which had yet been recorded in India. They had here 

 what were called Cromlechs, but which are really more of the type 

 of the Kistvaens of Northern Europe than of the true Dolmen, of a 

 very peculiar construction, of double chambers, such as are represent- 

 ed in a previous number of the Proceedings, existing under circum- 

 stances which would prove that for a very long period at least, they 

 had not been disturbed. They were covered by large mounds of 

 earth, obviously artificial, and this earth covered with a thick growtl 

 of underwood and large timber-trees. And on opening these curious 

 structures, remains of pottery were found as represented in the draw- 

 ings before the Society (Plate 8), which differed materially from the 

 pottery now in use. In a slight degree the forms of the vessels were 

 different ; the one more especially of an elongated amphora-lik( 

 shape, (Pig. 5), also that shewn in Pig. 7, and Pig. 4, the outline 

 of which, combined with the peculiar arrangement of the foot or feet, 

 seemed to him not exactly similar to those now in use. This, how- 

 ever, was a point by no means easy to decide, as the forms of potter 

 in common use, were countless, and varied most materially in different 



