9-i MORTIMER : THE HISTORY OF THE DRIFFIELD MUSEUM. 
miles, between 1864: and the present time. That I have safely 
preserved the relics discovered during these researches the con- 
tents of the museum at Driffield will testify. I also possess 
about 1,000 drawings"^ which my daughter has made for me, of 
all the objects of interest which I have discovered; and I have 
in addition a full type-written description of the results of all 
my excavations. 
And I may say that the procuring and arranging of this 
collection has been one of the greatest pleasures of my life. 
That this collection should belong to and remain in the 
district has been and is my great and constant desire. Unfor- 
tunately, however, I cannot afford to offer it as a free gift ; but, 
to prove my great anxiety for its remaining in the neighbour- 
hood, I have offered it to the East Riding County Council at 
half its value. 
Probably such a transaction b}^ a County Council might 
seem to be a little in advance of the times ; nevertheless, a time 
will come when such a thing will be done, and if the East 
Riding County Council accept this offer they will never regret 
being one of the pioneers in such an advanced and enlightened 
step. 
From the memoranda I have just given it is sad to observe 
that of all the collectors I have referred to, including myself, 
only six are now living. It is also to be lamented that of the 
fourteen collections named only four remain in the neighbour- 
hood, these being in the Driffield and the Maltoii Museums 
respectively, and those belonging to Mr. Thomas Boynton and 
Mr. Robert Gatenby. Of the other ten, nine are mainly absorbed 
by public and private museums in distant parts of the country, 
or have otherwise disappeared ; whilst a great portion of one (the 
most important of the ten) has been removed so far as the South 
of France. 
It is still more to be regretted that three of the most 
valuable collections of the four named explorers of the barrows 
* Some of these were exhibited when the paper was read. 
