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(6) Refuse of a blacksmith's forge. — One fragment of the 

 calcined covering of iron ore, such as is still turned out by 

 the Kandyan smith when making steel. 



(7) Horns of different shapes and sizes. 



(8) Fragments of flat tiles. 



(9) Flat discs, such as Mr. Parker found at Tissa, and says 

 were used to play " pitch and toss" with. One of them is 

 inscribed, but whether with writing or mere ornamental 

 design 1 cannot say. I cannot identify the alphabet. 

 Another is pierced through the centre, and might have been 

 the wheel of a child's toy-cart. 



(10) Chank shells. — These are very numerous, both whole 

 and sawn into rings. 



(11) A piece of soap. — I thought this was a piece of some 

 sandstone, and put it in water to wash it, when I found it to 

 be a coarse sandy soap. 



(12) A piece of fine porcelain. 



(13) A cowrie. 



(14) Burnt clay marbles or pillets. 



(15) Cornelian. — This is very common. There are frag- 

 ments of it all over the place. 



(16) Some pieces of talc. 



(17) Different pebbles. 

 .(18) Beads. 



(13) Copper ore. — This also is common. 



(20) Two iron nails. 



(21) Glass bangles. — Very common. 



(22) Earthenware bottle-necks. — I call them bottle-necks, 

 but I do not think they can be, for they are very numerous : 

 and yet I have not found a single fragment of any other part 

 of a bottle. It has occurred to me that they might have been 

 used as nozzles of blowpipes ; and someone has suggested 

 that they were used to hold the moist clay when being 

 moulded. 



I have no doubt I should have found plenty more of the 

 same sort of things if I had continued digging in this spot, 

 but the next day I tried another place in the hope of finding 



