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Tha skeleton of the diadem was clothed in a fine short tunic of 

 esparto, the others in a like though of somewhat coarser material, 

 caps of the same, some with the cone folded back, others of a semi- 

 circular form; sandals of esparto, some of them elaborately worked. 

 Close to the skeletons there were flint knives, hatchets, and other 

 instruments, arrows, with flint points, fixed to rough sticks, with 

 a very tenacious bitumen ; rude but sharp arms of silex, some of them 

 kept in purses of esparto ; vessels of clay ; a large piece of skin ; very 

 thick knives, and pickaxes of bone ; spoons of wood, with a large low 

 bowl, with very short handles, and a hole for suspension. 



At E., PL xxxix., upwards of fifty bodies, all with sandals, and 

 dresses of esparto, arms of stone, and a bone polisher. 



Each of the three skeletons at C. had a basket of esparto, varying 

 in size from six to fifteen inches, two of them full of a kind of black 

 arenaceous earth, probably food carbonized by time, and a variety of 

 small baskets, with locks of hair, flowers, poppyheads, and univalv- 

 shells. The skeletons were covered with flesh, reduced to the condi- 

 tion of mummies, and the dresses and baskets retained their original 

 colours. 



These vases were very rude, but some of them with ornamental bor- 

 ders. They had spouts, handles, &c, some of them were sun-dried, 

 others baked. 



This cave was discovered in 1831 ; but was immediately taken pos- 

 session of by miners, who turned everything topsy-turvy in search of 

 metals ; and, not finding any, they did much damage by their careless 

 manner of scraping off the saltpetre which had accumulated on the walls 

 of the cavern. However, Seiior Don Gongora succeeded in securing 

 specimens of all the objects discovered, mostly on the spot. 



The gold diadem is still in existence, in the possession of Don 

 Condres de Unzor. 



In the same work there is description of some very remarkable 

 cromlechs in the Canada de Hoyon, between Granada and Alcala la real. 



See particularly Dolmen del Hoyon. 



,, Dolmen del Herradero. 



,, Dolmen de la Canada del Herradero. 



I beg also to call public attention to the following monuments, also 

 illustrated in the same valuable work : — 



Eour Dolmens at Mugadar del Conejo. 



Dolmen de las Uriahs, near which were found arms of bronze, and 

 clay vessels. 



Dolmen de la cuesta de los Chaparros. 



Three Dolmens of El Hoy o de las Cuevas del Congrieh In one of these 

 there was found an arrow head, with three points, of which I have 

 given a sketch, PL xxxv., fig. 4. I have also given a sketch of a copper 

 axe head, with two rings, found in the Sierra de Baza, PL xxxv., fig. 3, 



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