lino from so. -west to no.-east — the southernmost two are ploughed 
over, but the others having been planted with Scotch Firs, 
are a pretty object from the London road at Harford Pridge and 
Hill.” After exploring three of them without any archaeological 
reward, his record thus continues : — 
Wo then directed our attention to the fourth Harrow, and 
marked out a space twelve feet by six in the centre, the greatest 
length being east and west. At three o’clock wo got to the depth 
of seven feet, when we came to the black ashes or mould : wo now 
proceeded cautiously, and in a short time a patch of the green oxydu 
of copper was uncovered, about twelve inches in diameter. Under 
this was a small quantity of thin leather, probably the lining of 
the shield, which I consider the oxydo of copper to have been 
originally ; and under this a fragment of wood, six inches square 
on the surface, and two inches thick, with a thin coating of the 
green copper oxyde adhering to it — these formed all that was found, 
as we examined the black earth carefully ; no vestige of bone or 
pottery was seen. The section had a singular appearance, being 
from the lower part towards the top composed of brown patches 
with a light edging round, resembling courses of bricks, and nearly 
as regular, that we consider it must have been formed with sods of 
turf.” 
During his explorations at Eaton, he obtained eleven Celts, and 
a perfect Celt mould of metal, which were dug up in removing the 
roots of an ash tree. These were exhibited in his name by 
Hudson Gurney, at the Society of Antiquaries, on December Gth, 
1827/' 
Few memoranda exist of his private life at this time, but 
probably there was nothing especially deserving of record. In 
1828 he was living in the Lower Close, having removed thither 
from Dean’s Square ; and in the same year he paid his first visit to 
London, when he was introduced to Sedgwick and Conybeare. 
On the 5th of February ho was elected an Honorary Member of 
the Yorkshire Philosophical Society, at the suggestion of John 
Phillips, then Curator of the York Museum, with whom he fre- 
quently corresponded, and to whose charge he sent many fossils, 
impressions of seals, and drawings. 
* Archaologia, Vol. xxii., 1829, p. 424. 
