MORTIMER : PRE-IIISTORY OF THE VILLAGE OF FIMBER. 447 
No. 5 lay 4^ feet north-west of the last, at a depth of 3 feet, and 
also on the floor of an oval shaped grave. The femur measured 16| 
inches, the tibia 4^ inches, and the left and right humeri 12 and 12{- 
inches respectively, and though sliort were of strong make, probably 
those of a male. The under jaw of this body was curiously deformed, 
probably from some injury or the prolonged growth of a large abcess. 
The vertibra; also were much anchylosed. 
No. 9 was doubled-up like the last, but was laid on its left side, 
at a depth of 2i feet beneath the surfiice. Tlie femur measured 11} 
inches, tlie tibia 14 inches, and tlie riglit and left liumeri 12| and 124 
inches respectively. 
No. 10. Tlie position of tliis body was similar to that of No. 9, 
except that it had the legs a little more drawn-up, the knees being 
within 7 inches of the chin. The femur measured 16f inches, the 
tibia 13^ inches, and the humerus \'2k inches. 
No. 1 1 lay 4 yards to the south-east of the previous one, in a 
Hke position, and at a depth of only 10 inclies ; the femur, tibia, and 
humerus measured 16^, 12^, and llf inches respectively. Immediately 
beneath this body lay No. 12, on its riglit side, and in a less flexed 
position, as shown in the plan. The femur measured 16 inches, the 
tibia 12 inches, and tlie right and loft humeri respectively 11? and 11 
inches. 
No. 13 was the body of a young person, in the exceptional posi- 
tion of being on its back, with the head to the south, both knees 
were drawn-up to the chest, and pressed over to the left side, the 
right arm was doubled with the hand by the side of the face, the left 
arm extended by the left side. The femur measured 12^ inches, the 
tibia 9i inches, and the humerus 87 inches. 
A little east of No. 11 was a dish-shaped excavation, marked 
" B " on the plan, 2 feet deep, containing wood ashes mixed with 
calcined human bones. Close to these were part of the lower jaw of 
a stag, and a portion of the jaw of a large pig. This dish-shaped 
excavation had been made in a filled-in trench of small width. 
Third Examination, April 2otli and 27th, 1S7J^. — On these days 
we trenched a considerable area at the south-eastern corner of the 
crossing on the south side of the railway, with the result of finding 
