18 The Eleventh General Meeting. 



burned bones when placed in tho urn ; amber ornaments ; bronzef 

 dagger blades ; jet, agate, and amber beads ; pully beads ; gold car- 

 rings ; flint arrow heads ; bronze torques, armillso, and rings ; and] 

 bronze and stone celts. One amber ornament found in a tumulus 

 at Lake, in 1806, is probably unique in size, whilst four unique 

 objects of polished bone also found in a tumulus at Lake, were con- 

 sidered by Sir R. C. Iloare as " the greatest curiosities we havej 

 ever yet discovered : " they were probably used for casting lots or 

 for playing some game. There was also a mould for casting bronzei 

 celts, made of a compact syenite, which was found in the parish of 

 Bulford, near Amesbury. The collection was very large, and included? 

 many curious and rare articles too numerous to be particularised. 



On taking leave of this charming spot, nestled like an Oasis in 

 the downs, and bidding adieu to the kind-hearted proprietor, the; 

 party proceeded over the Normanton down to Stonehenge:: 

 here a ladder was reared against the highest impost, and several; 

 persons ascended the trilithon above, for the purpose of ex- 

 amination and measurement: after which on the suggestion off 

 Earl Nelson, Dr. Thurnam came forward, and gave a general 

 outline of the principal features of Stonehenge. He remarked, at 

 considerable length, on what had been the probable use of Stone- \ 

 henge, the date of the structure, and the mode of its construction. 

 He gave a most interesting account of what was known respecting | 

 the stones, and the various changes which had taken place within I 

 the memory of man. In reference to the projected raising of the 

 trilithon and altar-stone, which he said had been suggested by the I 

 British Association, and which had brought their society into so 

 much notoriety within the last few months, he was of opinion that i 

 it might have been done without endangering the structure in the 

 least. If they had placed the matter in the hands of competent 

 engineers, he was of ©pinion that the altar-stone might have been 

 undermined, in the way suggested by the chairman in his opening 

 address, and been the means of eliciting much valuable information 

 without endangering its safety. He referred briefly to the differ- } 

 ent excavations that had been made, and stated that he had heard 

 that when the present Mr. E. Antrobus, M.P. came of age, an 



