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but they always bear a regular Proportion in their 
Form. Some have a Foffa or Ditch round their Cir- 
cumferences, others none; lome a fmall Circle of 
Stones at the Top, others none; fome a Circle of 
Stones round the extreme Verge of their Bails. 
The Barrows, which are the Subject of our prefent 
Inquiry, lie on the Summit of St. Aujlle Fiowns, 
about a Mile from the Town, and half a Mile from 
the Sea ; where a fine Bay is formed by Nature, well 
defended from moil Winds, with good Anchorage, 
and deep Water. Mr. Mitchel , Lieutenant in the 
Navy, has lately taken a curious Survey of it, by 
Order of the Admiralty, and for the Benefit of the 
Englijh Fleet. See Tab. I. 
Barrow, N° i. 
We opened Barrow , N° i. a fmall one, with no 
Ditch round it, but a fmall Circle of Stones on the 
Top, of the Height of Four Feet, of the Breadth, at 
the Bails, of Fifteen: When we had taken off the 
Surface, the Body of the Barrow feemed to be com- 
pofed of foreign or adventitious Earth, which being 
cut through near the Centre, we found a circular 
Pit of a Foot deep, and of the fame Diameter, dug 
out of the natural Soil of the Country, and Two 
flat Stones in it. By adventitious or foreign Earth, 
is meant fuch as docs not rife on the Place, but is 
fetched from fome Diftancc ; fo the Earth of this and 
the other Barrows , of a yellow Colour, is known 
to be the natural Soil of a Hill a Mile diilant from 
them. 
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