been speaking, was reserved for burnt bodies; with the much 
larger part of it which lies between that enclosed space and the 
river we have now to deal. From the position of the graves in 
certain directions I am decidedly of opinion that it was laid 
out in walks, and that here and there little enclosures were 
reserved for particular families. This may be inferred, I think, 
from the stone coffins, which were always underground, and 
which are peculiarly arranged, for the most part, in groups, 
and from the line in which they are often deposited. I 
shall speak about these stone coffins on some future occasion. 
Flow, it may be asked, was the site of a grave generally 
marked ? As a general rule it is probable that there was no 
mark whatever. The mound would fall away. There were 
few sculptured memorials out in this open field. In some cases 
we found at the head or the foot of the grave, or at both, a 
small block of wrought sandstone some two feet long, which 
was originally visible on the surface. Some specimens of these 
stones may be seen on the south side of the Ilospitium lying 
against the wall in the footway. In other cases a flat stone 
was laid over a grave; in others, again, there was above a 
grave or an urn a few cobbles to show the intruding digger 
that there was something below. It is quite possible, also, that 
just as in the poorer portions of the cemeteries of the present 
day, the interments may have been marked by little blocks of 
wood, possibly with some inscription painted upon them. Let 
me now speak about the different modes of interment. The 
most expensive method was the use of a large stone coffin, of 
an average weight of two tons; of these, I believe, at least fifty 
have been discovered during the two excavations for the North 
Eastern Itailway, but I must reserve my remarks on this part 
of my subject for some future occasion, as there is scant time 
to do justice to it now. Passing by also the domed brick tomb 
which is under Mr. Flower’s house on the Mount, and a brick 
room or columbarium that was discovered in Bootham some two 
hundred years ago, which is now destroyed, I may remark 
that two other brick graves have been discovered during the 
railway excavations, one of which is now in the Museum. A 
large coffin of wood was originally deposited in it over which 
