Friday, August St A. 147 



bones or urns lay, whether of the primary or secondary inter- 

 ments. 



Arrived at the house, General Pitt-Rivers first called attention to 

 a number of half-finished querns which were deposited on the lawn, 

 and which he had excavated from the famous Pen Pits. That place 

 he had carefully examined by cutting sections through it, and the 

 result was he was convinced they were not habitations, as had been 

 suggested by some, but simply quarries for querns. 



The archaeologists were now entertained at a very acceptable 

 luncheon, to which the long morning's drive, and the extreme heat 

 of the sun much pre-disposed them. At its conclusion, the Rev. 

 A. C. Smith rose, and, in the name of the Society, thanked General 

 and Mrs. Pitt-Rivers for their welcome hospitality. He had not 

 only, however, to express their acknowledgments for bodily refresh- 

 ments, but also for the archaeological treat which General Pitt- 

 Rivers had given them. He must say of the museum at Farnham, 

 that amongst all the archaeological meetings which he had attended, 

 he had never seen anything which pleased him more than that 

 excellent museum ; calculated, as it was, to instruct, not only those 

 who were addicted to antiquarian pursuits, but also those who were 

 uneducated and un travelled. General Pitt- Rivers, in a few 

 graceful words, welcomed the Society and acknowledged the com- 

 pliment, and then led the way to the billiard room, where the walls 

 were hung with diagrams of camps and barrows, and with large 

 maps of the district, the table being covered with urns, flint im- 

 plements, bones, and metal fragments, &c, and then the General 

 explained in detail some of the excavations he had made ; now of a 

 camp on Winklebury Hill, where a second area, partially protected 

 by diagonal mounds and trenches, outside the camp itself, seemed 

 to indicate the refuge for flocks and herds in times of danger: 

 and again of British barrows and pit-dwellings, and other memorials 

 of early times. Nor did the courtesy of General Pitt-Rivers end 

 here, but when the archaeologists went on their homeward way, he 

 accompanied them to the top of Winklebury, and pointed out the 

 several objects he had dilated on, the arrangement of this remarkable 

 camp and the pit-dwellings and the barrows. 



