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Rh February 7. No. 82.—2 feet 9 inches deep. Nine blue glass beads on neck.

No. 83.—3 feet 8 inches deep. No objects found with the deposit. In the course of this day several human vertebræ and bones appeared scattered in the soil; and part of a bronze flat ring-fibula, probably from graves disturbed in agriculture.

February 8. No. 84.—2 feet 6 inches. Two bronze cruciform fibulæ, one over each shoulder, 2$1⁄2$ inches long, resembling, in the shape of the broader ends, No. 164, plate 5, "Saxon Obsequies." One iron knife 4 inches long lay by the left thigh, with an iron buckle, 1$1⁄4$ inch by 1; eight beads at the neck—three of amber, three of blue glass, one of white glass, one of blue and white opaque paste.

No. 85.—2 feet deep. The skeleton was pronounced by Mr. Davis to be that of a female. An urn was found by the head, of the usual black ware; it was unfortunately so broken that its restoration proved impracticable. Twenty-one beads on the neck, one of them of large size, of blue and white vitreous composition—two of amber, five of blue glass, seven of yellow and gray paste; two double beads of the same material (red), and two triple beads of gray colour. A small glass hollow bulb lay among the beads; it appears to be a broken end of some stem, like that of a drinking glass or vessel for perfume. One plain bronze flat ring-fibula was also found in the day's work.

February 9. Nos. 86, 87.—2 feet deep, in one grave. No objects found with the deposits. A few fragments of wood and bronze lay near them, which may possibly have been parts of a situla.

No. 88.—2 feet 6 inches deep. One iron ring, two inches in diameter, lay by the right thigh. More fragments of bodies occurred in this day's work; and a shank of an iron key with ring-shaped end.

February 11. No. 89.—4 feet 6 inches deep. An iron spear—socket, 3 inches long; blade, 3$1⁄2$ inches; width of blade, $3⁄4$ inch at base, $1⁄4$ at point.

No. 90.—4 feet 6 deep. An infant. No reliques found with the deposit.

No. 91.—3 feet 4 inches deep. Skeleton of a child. No reliques found with the deposit.

February 12. No. 92.—5 feet deep. An urn was found