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have a vessel holding about one pint. This large vessel also being carved & laced, whilst the others have their vessels entirely plain, is in this respect singular. The basin, though otherwise plain, is laced round the rim. The other vessel is so broken down, that no observations can be made on it, further than this; —that, from the strength which seems attached to the bottom, it must have been intended for drudgery. These vessels were found in the following order: the large carved pot on the right, and the strong bottomed vessel and two conchs on the left. These things considered—the size of the head; the unusual largeness of the grave; the number, quantity, and size of the vessels; and the number of shells, they being muscle instead of conch shells; the vessels being placed on the right & left, ^ and the body being erect—all indicated a difference between the person to whom this “body” scribbled out skeleton belonged and ordinary ones. On Saturday the 29th of July, 1820, Mr Lane went to Captain Simon Doyles’s, the place where Mr Anderson formerly lived, to search there for further discoveries. He and those who were with him, opened two small graves. The first 18 inches long; about 12 inches broad. It contained the little bones, pieces of part of one tooth, & other things contained in package No 2. The second grave was 2 feet long, 13 inches wide, and 15 inches deep. It contained the bones, teeth, vessel and shells enclosed in package No 3. This person was laid on the right side, with his head to the south and his face to the east. The body lay north & south, & the thigh bones east & west. The legs were then laid back, so as to form an angle with the thighs, of about 30 degrees.