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In this example, however, it appears to me that we may 
distinctly recognise debased copies of the ornaments of the 
Samian and other Roman ware, such as (in this example) the 
egg-and-tongue and the platted band ornaments, and it 
strengthens me rather in a suspicion that this class of York- 
shire tumuli will prove eventually to belong not to the 
British but to a very late Roman period. In spite, too, of 
the coarseness of the manufacture, the outline, when drawn 
correctly, as in my cut, is an evident imitation of Roman 
forms. 
While speaking of urns found in this neighbourhood, I may 
mention two which came into the possession of Mr. Tindall 
that are especially deserving of notice. One, represented 
in the cut Fig. 6, is barrel-shaped, with peculiar ornamenta- 
tion, and was filled with black earth, in which was found a 
large bead of jet. An urn of similar shape and character, 
and equally ornamented, is in the possession of Mr. Cape, of 
Fig. 6. Sepulchral Urn. 
Bridlington. The other urn to which I allude, was extracted 
in Mr. Tindall's presence, from a barrow, in a field in his 
neighbourhood, when the earth was cleared away by the farmer, 
and was still more remarkable in character. Its surface was 
not only embellished with ornaments, but by a pictorial repre- 
