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principal burial. In the present case it is not necessary, I think, 

 to draw that inference. The sand band, already referred to, thougli 

 not strongly marked at this point, ran above the layer of bones : and 

 the impression made on my mind when excavating the tumulus was 

 that the upper interments were contemporary with the cremated burial. 

 We have here possibly a case of the burial of a slave or concubine, 

 perhaps as guardian of the grave, with the chief or important person 

 for whom the tumulus was erected. 



APPENDIX I. 



Report on the Ani:\ial Eemains. Ey R. P. Schaefe, Ph.D., B.Sc. 



The bones and teeth handed over to me by Mr. Coffey from the 

 tumulus belong to man, horse, and red deer. I submitted the human 

 remains to Prof. Dixon, of Trinity College, for examination, and he 

 very kindly furnished an interesting report on them (annexed here- 

 with). 



Hoese. 



The Horse remains all belonged to one individual, viz., a seven- 

 year-old stallion of small size. They consisted of the following 

 parts : — 



1. Occipital fragment of the cranium. 



2. Three broken pieces of the right and left half of the lower 



jaw, with some teeth ; and of the front portion, with all 

 the teeth in position. 



3. Poui' lower and four upper premolar and molar teeth ; and 



one upper incisor. 



4. One rib and one vertebra. 



5. Right and left humerus (complete). 



6. Right radius (ulna broken off). 



7. Two fragments of right and left tibia. 



8. Left metacarpal. 



9. First phalanx of right hind foot. 



To judge from the length of the humerus, radius, and metacarpal^ 

 the forelimb belonged to a small race of horse or pony. The meabure- 

 ments of these bones are somewhat larger than those given by Dr. 



