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It appears to the writer that a sepulchral chamber probably exists 

 under the eastern end of the tumulus, which remains undisturbed. Ex- 

 cavations are now being made at the great mount at Carnac, in the 

 same neighbourhood, with distinguished success, and with a judicious 

 regard to the preservation of the monument, under the direction of M. 

 Galles, the Military Sub -Intendant of the department. A rich collec- 

 tion of hatchets and ornamental objects, in jade, jasper, and other rare 

 kinds of stone, has been disinterred ; but as yet nothing resembling an 

 inscription, save some disk-shaped markings on the roof of the chamber 

 containing the deposit, has been discovered. The writer expressed an 

 earnest desire that the attention of the Commission of Ancient Monu- 

 ments of France should be turned to the exploration of the eastern end 

 of the Mane Nelud, where whatever exists may be relied on as hitherto 

 undisturbed, and where there is so strong a probability of the existence 

 of inscribed characters. 



The writer desired it to be understood that the word character" in 

 this communication is used in its most general sense, and not as necessa- 

 rily importing either ideagraphic or alphabetic signs. 



Since preparing this statement, the writer has had a communication 

 fromM. Galles, announcing that the excavation at the eastern end of Mane 

 Nelud had been commenced. M. Galles, on a careful scrutiny of the 

 chamber and passage by lamp light, has verified the writer's drawings, 

 with the addition of the portions shown in dotted lines ; and has also 

 discovered another inscribed stone in the passage, being the third on 

 the right hand, entering. 



Additional Stone, discovered by M. Galles. 



