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ANCIENT CAMBRIDGESHIRE. 215 Essex was tenanted to its borders by the Latins, and the open country between the last-named place and Royston, Melbourn, and Triplow, is filled with the Tumuli of their contemporaries or successors. Having reminded you of the proximity of the Branditch to these tombs, I must crave indulgence for this imperfect sketch of ancient Cambridgesliire and Essex, as I know them, and conclude in the words of Horace, only substituting Triplow for "Brundusium," — "— longsc finis cliartaeque viaequeest." R. C. NEVILLE. NOTE ON THE MEMOIR ON THE ANGLO SAXON CEMETERY AT LINTON HEATH, BY THE HON. R. C. NEVILLE. (See par/e 1 04, in this Volume.) Odr attention has been called by Mr. J. Barnard Davis to the error of the press, which inadvertently occurred in describing the interment at Linton Heath, No. 37. The skeleton was stated to be that of a male, whereas it should have been a female of about forty years of age. A considerable number of beads of amber and glass lay near the neck. It does not appear, it should be observed, that the occurrence of such ornaments in tombs of the period necessarily proves that the person interred was a female, since it is believed that necklaces were occasionally worn by men. We cannot too highly esteem the value of the information so readily afforded on all occasions b}'^ Professor Owen, Mr. Davis, and Professor Quekett, in the elucidation of archaeological enquiries. 9 A detailed account of tumuli exca- vated at Triplow Heath and Melbourn has been given by Mr. Neville in his "Sepulehra Exposita," in lfi48. In that interesting volume, as also in his " An- tiqua Explorata," many particulars may be found rogMrding various discoveries prosecuted undo- Mr. Neville's directions, and to which he has briefly adverted in the onumeratidu nbuvc t>ivcn. It is to be regretted that these volumes, comprising the results of his earlier researches, were printed for private distribution only ; Mr. Neville had the kindness to present copies to the Library of the Institute, where they may be consulted by those of our readers who are interested in the vestiges of the earlier inhabitants of Cambridgeshire and Essex. VOL. TT.