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ginal polish ; 27 fragments which appear to hare been stained ; 1 1 plain 

 fragments perforated for suspension by a single hole near the end; 501 

 fragments ornamented with rows of fine transverse lines, and two others 

 similarly ornamented, and perforated near the end; 13 combs, seven 

 of which are engraved on both sides, the heads only and the roots of the 

 teeth of the combs now remaining ; 91 implements engraved by com- 

 pass, and in a very high order of art, with circles, curves, ornamental 

 pnncturings, &c, &c, and twelve of these decorated on both sides. On 

 one, in cross-hatch lines, is the representation of an antlered stag, being 

 the only attempt in the collection to depict any living thing. In some 

 instances the perforations near the end appear to have been counter- 

 sunk.* In all there are 4884 pieces. Of the earth which adhered to 

 them I have preserved a package, which it might be very desirable to 

 submit to analyzation. 



Of amber, I have collected seven small beads, the largest scarcely a 

 quarter of an inch in diameter, and another small oblong bead of un- 

 certain material. 



Of glass, I obtained three small beads of different shapes, and dif- 

 ferent shades of colour ; two fragments of glass, a curious molten drop, 

 one inch long, trumpet-shaped at one end, and tapering towards the 

 other extremity. 



Of bronze, I found six rings, slightly open, or rather not closed or 

 cemented into one solid piece, varying from a quarter to three-quarters 

 of an inch in diameter ; a portion of another, which is hollow, and 

 formed by overlapping a thin plate of bronze ; portions of eight other 

 small rings, in a less perfect state. 



Of iron, I found, not lying together, but mixed up with the earth 

 and debris which filled the southern chamber, in all seven specimens, 

 each of which, as might be expected, is thickly coated with rust. One 

 is an open ring, about half an inch in diameter ; one half of another, 

 somewhat larger ; two pieces, each about an inch long, and a quarter of 

 an inch thick, of uncertain use ; one thin piece, probably a portion of a 

 knife or of a saw, three-quarters of an inch long, and half an inch broad ; 

 one piece, an inch and a half long, which, I think, presents all the ap- 

 pearance of having been one leg of a compass, with which the bone im- 

 plements may have been inscribed ; and, lastly, an iron punch, or pick, 

 five inches long, with chisel -shaped point, and head that bears evidences 

 of the use of the mallet. The circular symbols, and the greater part of 

 the other figures found upon the sculptured stones, have all been 

 punched or picked out, and afford every appearance of having been 

 executed with such a tool as this.f 



In this cairn there are five inscribed stones. 



* Our learned President has kindly undertaken to describe these ornamented bone 

 implements. 



f This cairn may have be-m the tomb of some early queen, the beads found being proba- 

 bly portions of a necklace ; and several of the bone implements, the forms and uses of which 



