year 1865, pp. 159-161. It is from the same locality on the Moor as in the case of those interments. "The urns, as described in that account, were arranged in pairs in a line running pretty exactly east and west. The vessel in question was discovered on the same line of direction (eastward) as the rest; and in the same manner as the others, it was uncovered during quarrying operations. The vase was entire when found, but by the too hasty attempt at removal was broken by the eager workmen. "This bone pot is a very fine specimen. It is fully 14 inches high; it is about 12 inches wide at the mouth, and has a collar 4 inches deep. The base is small, only measuring about 4 inches in diameter. It is flat. "All the urns found are hand-made, and have varied remarkably as to fineness of their material and finish. This one is made of clay with gravel. It is tolerably well burned; the alteration of the clay to red, by finish, extending nearly through the thickness of the material. "As in the case of the other urn described, the vessel is decorated tastefully with lines made by indenting strips of fine twisted thong, and by dots formed by screwing round, in the soft clay, a pithy stick. The collar of the urn is ornamented with a herringbone-pattern, bordered above and below by the peculiar dots, enclosing the collar between two lines. Below the collar the vessel is decorated by a lattice-pattern, with a band of dots where the lattice terminates. This band, though in good artistic taste, by encircling the vessel at its most bulging part, was a source of weakness to its structure, and hence it gave way when removed from its bed. The vessel occupied an inverted position in the ground, the other urns found being erect. Its mouth was covered by a piece of fine gritstone, for the convenience of overwhelming it. It was not, as in the case of the urns previously described, protected by a fencing of flags, but merely surrounded by board, charcoal, and ashes, the relics of the funeral pyre. In the interior of the vase, at one side of the centre of the base, an indented incision, three-quarters of an inch long, appears, with a faint line or tract parallel to the upper part of this incised line. These marks, although worthy of passing notice, are not of precise or definite character. This, at least, is the opinion of so high an authority as Dr. Thurnam. The urn merely contained human bones well calcined. There were no manufactured articles with it. As in the case of the bones exhumed in the previous instances, no teeth were discovered, although the upper and lower jaw were both carefully sought for and examined. The teeth had been removed from their alveoli, and taken away.1 1 May not the teeth of the dead have been removed from the jaws to adorn the persons of the living? The aborigines of the South Sea Islands were wont to perforate human teeth, and string them as pendants to their necklaces. In the Cuming Collection are some early examples of this practice from the Friendly Isles. "A small incense-vessel from the same locality as the urn has been found. It is of very fine clay, more globose in form than the example figured in this Journal (xxi, p. 161, fig. 7), and the details of its ornamentation, which are pleasing, may interest those who are fond of early ceramic art. "Fragments of several other urns have been brought to me by the workpeople from the same locality, showing the extent and large number of the interments. "The site chosen for this ancient cemetery on the Lancaster Moor, is one of considerable elevation. It commands a wide prospect of much grandeur. To the east rises the dark, ling-covered Clougha; northward is the beautiful Vale of Lune. To the south a fine alluvial plain extends; whilst westward is silvery Morecambe Bay, and beyond it the Cumberland mountains. The choice of the site by an ancient tribe shows human appreciation of the grand and poetic in the selection of a last resting-place for the bones of the honoured dead." Mr. Roberts made remarks upon the punctures and ornamentation of the urns referred to in the paper, and pointed out certain similarities between them and those found at Sunbury. (See vol. xxvii, pp. 449452.) Mr. J. Phené, F.S.A., said that there were specimens somewhat resembling those now described, in the Ashmolean Museum at Oxford, of which he had photographs, and he would exhibit these at some future meeting, so that members might have the opportunity of observing their points of similarity for themselves. PROCEEDINGS OF THE TWENTY-EIGHTH ANNUAL MEETING, WEYMOUTH, 1871. AUGUST 21ST TO 26TH INCLUSIVE. PATRONS. THE EARL OF SHAFTESBURY, Lord Lieutenant of Dorsetshire PRESIDENT. SIR WILLIAM COLES MEDLYCOTT, BART., D.C.L. VICE-PRESIDENTS. THE MAYOR OF WEYMOUTH. The Duke of Cleveland The Earl Bathurst The Earl of Effingham The Earl of Eldon The Earl of Ilchester Lord Digby Lord Houghton, D.C.L. Lord Lytton Lord Rivers Sir C. H. Rouse Boughton, Bart. Sir J. Gard. Wilkinson, D.C.L., F.R.S. H. Syer Cuming, Esq., F.S.A. Scot. J. S. W. S. Erle Drax, Esq., M.P. O. W. Farrer, Esq. John Floyer, Esq., M.P. George Godwin, Esq., F.R.S., F.S.A. J. Heywood, Esq., M.A., F.R.S., F.S.A. Chandos W. Hoskyns, Esq., M.P., late John Mansel, Esq. Joseph Mayer, Esq., F.S.A. J. R. Planché, Esq., Somerset Herald Rev. Prebendary H. M. Scarth, M.A. Rev. W. Sparrow Simpson, M.A., F.S.A. Col. Ch. N. Sturt, M.P. George Tomline, Esq., M.P., F.S.A. Herbert Williams, Esq. Hon. Local Secretary-John Tizard, Esq. Hon. Palæographer-W. H. Black, Esq., F.S.A. Hon. Curator, Librarian, and Excursion Secretary-G. R. Wright, Esq., F.S.A. 85 Proceedings of the Congress. MONDAY, 21 AUGUST, 1871. THE proceedings of the twenty-eighth annual congress commenced on Monday afternoon, under the presidency of Sir William Medlycott, Bart., D.C.L., at the Royal Hotel, Weymouth. The Assembly Rooms were thrown open at half-past two, when a large gathering took place. On the walls of the room were several portraits in oils of celebrated personages, lent by Joseph Drew, Esq. Amongst those present were -W. H. Black, Esq., F.S.A., E. Roberts, Esq., F.S.A., Gordon M. Hills, Esq., George Godwin, Esq., F.R.S., F.S.A., Rev. Prebendary T. H. Baker, Thomas Bond, Esq., the Mayor of Dorchester, John Floyer, Esq., M.P., E. J. Weld, Esq., H. H. Burnell, Esq., F.S.A., William Cockeram, Esq., Thomas Colfox, Esq., Edward Levien, Esq., M.A., F.S.A., Thomas Wright, Esq., M.A., F.S.A., Charles Hart, Esq., R. Ff. Eliot, Esq., and Mrs. Eliot, R. Gaskell, Esq., and Mrs. Gaskell, W. Talbot, Esq., J.P., Major-General Burke, A. Pope, Esq., R. Damon, Esq., F.G.S., Lieut.-Colonel Stewart, Lieut.-Colonel Swaffield, Mrs. Reginald Smith, G. Andrews, Esq., the Rev. J. D. and Mrs. Addison, Dr. Lithgow, Mr. T. B. Groves, Mr. and Mrs. B. Hopkins, Mr. J. Grieve, Mr. J. T. Shorto, Mr. J. Vincent, Mr. Fudge, the Rev. H. Bothamley, etc., etc. At three o'clock the Mayor (J. Milledge, Esq.), attended by the following members of the Corporation-the Town Clerk (F. C. Steggall, Esq.), Aldermen Ayling and Thompson, Councillors Vertue, H. Devenish, J. Devenish, Roberts, Welsford, G. Eliot, Robertson, Drew, Thomas, Talbot, and Luce-arrived in their robes of office to receive the President and officers and members of the Association, and the Town Clerk read the following address: "To the President and Members of the British Archæological "Mr. President and Gentlemen,-The Mayor and Corporation of the Borough of Weymouth and Melcombe Regis beg, in the name of the inhabitants, to welcome you to their ancient and loyal town. They have not many objects of archæological interest in the borough, but its 1872 12 |