This chamber was approached by a very narrow passage inclosed by low dry walls on each side. The entrance was closed nearly up to the roof by a barrier formed of two stones

FIG. 5.-Plan of Chamber on south side. No. 2 in plan.

placed side by side upright in the ground, and hollowed out on their two inner and adjoining edges so as to leave a kind of porthole of an oval shape (fig. 6), similar to that in the tumulus at

Avening (Archæologia, vol. xvi. p. 362, pl. lvii.). This opening was itself protected and closed up by another upright stone placed in front of it, which had to be removed before the chamber could be entered.

Within lay on the floor the skeletons of no less than thirteen persons, apparently of both sexes and all ages. Among the bones were discovered the following objects:

1. Five small flint implements; two of them leaf-shaped and finely wrought, which appeared to have been arrow-heads; the other three were flakes of the usual character, and might have been knives.*

2. A large piece of natural flint, which must have been brought some distance, as there is none of this character to be found within twenty miles of the spot.

3. The débris of a vessel of very coarse pottery, nearly black. 4. A large stone of a grit not found in the neighbourhood. 5 A small round pebble of a white material.

Although most of the human bones exhibited no traces of cremation, some few had been burnt. The bones were all in great confusion, and some had been dragged into a corner. This had probably been done by some beasts of prey, either foxes or rats.†

Indications were found of former attempts to examine the mound, such as depressions, especially in the centre. The time at which these attempts had been made seemed to be due to the Romans, as there were found an iron ferrule of a spear, a horseshoe nail, and two small coins, one of them struck by Claudius Gothicus.

The skulls found in the chamber have been examined by John Thurnam, Esq., M.D., F.S.A., who has pronounced them to be ancient British of a very lengthened form. Several of them appeared to have received fractures during life of a kind which must at once have proved fatal.

The author further proceeded to illustrate these discoveries, and the peculiarities to be noticed in them from various passages in Scripture, and in classical authors; the whole of which will appear in a forthcoming work.

The curious long barrows which have so long perplexed Archæologists have formed the subjects of several communications to the Society. Those in Wiltshire are noticed by Mr. Cunnington in the Archæologia, vol. xv. p. 346; that at Avening in Gloucestershire, in Archæologia, vol. xv. p. 362; that at Stoney Littleton in the parish of Wellow, Somersetshire, by Sir R. Č.

* Compare the flint implements found in a tumulus at Broughton in Lincolnshire. (Archæological Journal, vol. viii. p. 344.) Also for the leaf-shaped, Wilde's Catalogue of the Royal Irish Academy, figs. 22, 23, P. 22.

Mr. Lysons opened subsequently, in the month of October, a second chamber in the southern shoulder of the mound; it had evidently been rifled on some former occasion. Human bones were found in quantities, mixed with earth, and had evidently been thrown in again in confusion. The structure of the chamber was much the same as that on the other side, excepting that it had nine stones instead of five, and that the top stone was broken (see fig. 5, No. 2 on plan).

Hoare, Archæologia, vol. xix. p. 43; and that at West Kennet in Wiltshire by Dr. Thurnam, in Archæologia, vol. xxxviii. p. 405. The long barrow at Uley in Gloucestershire has been described by Dr. Thurnam in the Archæological Journal, vol. xi. p. 315; that at Littleton Drew, Wiltshire, in the Wilts Archæological Magazine, vol. iii. p. 164, also by Dr. Thurnam (compare Crania Britannica, plates 5, 24, 50, and 59); and the analogous structures in Guernsey have been noticed by F. C. Lukis, Esq., in the Archæological Journal, vol. i. p. 142, 222; and in the Journal of the British Archæological Association, vol. i. p. 25, and vol. iv. p. 330.

Thanks were returned for these Communications.

Thursday, June 11th, 1863.

OCTAVIUS MORGAN, Esq., M.P., V.P., in the Chair.

The following Presents were announced, and Thanks ordered to be returned to the Donors::

From Messrs. W. and R. Chambers.-The Book of Days. Part 17. 8vo. London, 1863.

From the Catholic University of Ireland.-The Atlantis: or Register of Literature and Science. Nos. 7 and 8, being volume 4. 8vo. London and Dublin, 1863. From the Author.-Memoir of Browne Willis, LL.D., Historian of Buckingham; a Lecture delivered in aid of the Repair Fund of St. John's Royal Latin School, at Buckingham, by the Rev. H. Roundell, M.A. 4to. Aylesbury, 1857. From M. Boucher de Perthes.-Extraits des Comptes rendus des séances de l'Académie des Sciences de l'Institut Impérial de France; tome 56, séances du 20 Avril et du 18 Mai, 1863, viz.:

1. Note sur la mâchoire humaine découverte par M. Boucher de Perthes dans le diluvium d'Abbeville; par M. de Quatrefages.

2. Sur les résultats fournis par une enquête relative à l'authenticité de la découverte d'une mâchoire humaine et de haches en silex, dans le terrain diluvien de Moulin-Quignon; par M. Milne Edwards.

3. Observations sur la mâchoire de Moulin-Quignon; par M. de Quatrefages. All 4to. Paris, 1863.

From John Gough Nichols, Esq., F.S.A.:—

1. Antiquities of Shropshire. By Thomas Farmer Dukes. 4to. Shrewsbury, 1844.

2. The History of Leicester from the time of the Romans to the end of the seventeenth century. By James Thompson. 8vo. Leicester and London, 1849.

From the Associated Architectural Societies.-Their Reports and Papers. Volume vi. part 2. 8vo. Lincoln, 1862.

From the Author, through H. W. Crowe, Esq.-Bidrag till Finlands Naturkäunedom, etnografikoch statistik, utgifna af Finska Vetenskaps-Societeten. Nionde Häftet med 20 plancher. 8vo. Helsingfors, 1863. (Förteckning och Afbildningen af Finska Fornlemningar. Af H. J. Holmberg. 1. Stenoldern. 2. Bronsoldern.)

From the Author.-Hall-marks on Gold and Silver Plate. By W. Chaffers, F.S.A. 8vo. London, 1863.

GEORGE SCHARF, Esq., F.S.A., exhibited, by permission of C. Sackville Bale, Esq., a very beautiful circular miniature of Anne Boleyne, which he accompanied with some further remarks on the portraits of that ill-fated Queen.

W. H. BLACK, Esq. F.S.A., read a paper on the unpublished Antiquarius of Hieronymus Bononius of Treviso, who died before the year 1520, and on his Poetical remains. The Antiquarius has never been published, and the manuscript which was exhibited had not been heard of since the commencement of the 17th century. It contains a large number of Roman inscriptions, and is written in very good Latin. Mr. Black's communication will be printed in the Archæologia.

The DEAN OF CHRIST CHURCH communicated a memoir on the question of the Existence of Human Sacrifices among the Romans. By human sacrifices the writer understood innocent human victims offered to appease the wrath of the gods; and, after a careful examination of numerous passages in classical authors, he decided the question in the negative. This communication will be printed in the Archæologia.

Thanks were returned for these Communications.

Thursday, June 18th, 1863.

FREDERICK OUVRY, Esq., Treasurer, in the Chair.

The following Presents were announced, and Thanks ordered to be returned to the Donors:

From the Royal Academy of Sciences, Letters, and Fine Arts of Belgium :

1. Bulletins. 2me série, tomes 13 et 14. 8vo. Brussels, 1862.
2. L'age et le but des Pyramides, lus dans Sirius, par Mahmoud-Bey. (Extr.
des Bulletins, 2me série, t. 14, No. 8.) 8vo.

3. Mémoires couronnés. Collection in 8vo.
1862.

Brussels.

Tomes 13 et 14. 8vo. Brussels,

4. Annuaire. Vingt-Neuvième Année. 8vo. Brussels, 1863.

5. Alexanders Geesten van Jacob Van Maerlant voor de eerste maal uitgegeven door F. A. Snellaert, Tweede Deel. 8vo. Brussels, 1861.

6. Bibliothèque de M. Le Baron de Strassart, léguée a l'Academie Royale de Belgique. 8vo. Brussels, 1863.

From the Royal Society :

1. Philosophical Transactions. Volumes 149, 150, 151, and 152, part i. 4to. London, 1860 to 1862.

2. Proceedings. Nos. 4 to 55. (P. 67, vol. 7, to p. 517, vol. 12.) 8vo. London, 1854 to 1863.

3. List of Fellows. 1st December, 1862. 4to.

From the Wiltshire Archæological and Natural History Society.-Their Magazine, No. 22, vol. viii. 8vo. Devizes and London, 1853.

From the Author.-Miscellanies, historical and biographical; being a second series of Essays, Lectures, and Reviews. By William Sidney Gibson, Esq., M.A., F.S.A. 8vo. London, 1863.

From the Historical Society for Nassau:

1. Annalen. 7ten Bandes, 1stes Heft. 8vo. Wiesbaden, 1863.

2. Neujahrs-Gabe. Januar, 1863. 8vo. Wiesbaden, 1863.

3. Mittheilungen. No. 2. Ausgegeben im Januar, 1863. 8vo.

From the Suffolk Institute of Archæology, Statistics, and Natural History.-Their Proceedings. Vol. iii. No. 3. [Completing the volume.] 8vo. Lowestoft, 1863.

From the Massachusetts Historical Society :

1. Collections. Vol. 6. Fourth series. 8vo. Boston, 1863.

2. Proceedings, 1862-1863. 8vo. Boston, 1863.

From the Royal United Service Institution.-Their Journal. Vol. vi. No. 25, and Vol. vi. Appendix. 8vo. London, 1863.

Arthur Dalrymple, Esq. was admitted a Fellow.

GEORGE MANNERS, Esq. exhibited a holograph letter from Henry Earl of Southampton, the friend and patron of Shakespeare. Mr. Manners states that only one other autograph of him is in existence, which is preserved in the British Museum. The letter is addressed,

"To the right hono-
rable my very good
Lo. the Lo. Spencer."

and runs as follows:

"My Lo.

I geeve your Lo. magny thankes for your L'er wch brought mee the good newes of your health and all yours, wch God longe continew. After magny stoppes and delayes, wee are now neare ready to beginn to leavy our men for the low countries, and our droumes shall beate I think wthin ten dayes; wee now stay only for that, wch in matters of this nature is