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IX. An Account of an Humane Skeleton of an ex- 
traordinary Si:^, found in a ^pofitory at Repton 
in Derby-ftiire, together with fome Examples of 
long Life, co?nmunicated by Simon Degg, M. D. 
& F. R. S. 
Extract from my Journal', Friday 
I July the \^th, 1716. 
T H E Day favouring us, we fet forward from E)erby 
for Ref ton, alias Repingdon, and in One Hour 
and Two Thirds we arrived at Repton, a Town in the 
Trent famous for the Burial of the Mercian Kings, 
whofe chief Sear was at Tamworth in Stafford-fhire\ 
This Town is like wife remarkable for its Free-fchool, and 
its antient Abbey. Having view’d the Ruins in this ^ 
Town, and enquiring for Antiquities, the Inhabitants 
brought u^Thomas IValker, a Labourer, aged Eighty 
Eight Years, who gave the following Account. 
About Forty Years fince cutting Hillocks,- near the 
Surface he met with an old- Stone Wall, when clearing 
farther he found it to be a fquare Enclofure of Fifteen 
Foot : It had been covered, but the Top was decayed 
and fallen in, being only fupported by wooden Joyces. 
In this he found a Stone Coffin, and with Difficulty re- 
moving the Cover, faw a Skeleton' of a Humane Body 
Nine Foot long, and round it lay One Hundred Hu- 
mane Skeletons, with their Feet pointing to the Stone 
Coffin. They feem’d to be of the ordinary Size. . The 
Head of the great Skeleton he gave to Mr. Bowers, 
Mailer of the Free-fchooL I enquired of his Son, One 
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