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NOTICES OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL PUBLICATIOXS. 11.') bably a dagger (see woodcut), was found at Bracklesliam, with a lironze celt, in a bed noted amongst geologists as containing abundance of a large bivalve shell in a fossil state. The blade measures 7Jf inches in length, and it is coated with a black jmtina of tin. " The countryman who found it (as Mr. Dixon relates) told me, with much simplicity, that he tliought he had discovered the knife by which the former blockaders opened those large cockles with, as them fish must have been very good to eat." To the eastward of JSelsey, between Pagham and Bognor, discoveries were also made from time to time ; and the zealous geologist enriched the choice numismatic series, which from his earliest years he had delighted to collect, with British or Gaulish types and Roman coins. Representations of several are given (pp. 32, 80) : some of them were described in the Proceedings of the Numismatic Society for 18-il ; a large brass of Agrippina senior, with the rare reverse of the carpentum, deserves mention. This was found, in 1842, close to the shore, west of Bognor. The notices of this coast, on all parts of which inroads of the sea have taken })lace, aie full of curious observations : coins of pale gold, of the debased charioteer type, have been found, introduced doubtless from Gaul. A representation of an ancient boat, described as British, is given (see p. 36) : it was found in 1842, after a storm, and lay in the nmd about 200 yards from tlie beach, opposite lleene Lane, near Worthing. This primitive vessel was formed from the trunk of an oak, without any metal fastening, and it measured 18 feet by 3 feet in width. A boat of similar construction. lJrili>li IJoat, found iu lS-i2, near Wortliin;;. found at North Stoke, Sussex, in 1834, was conveyed to the British Museum. In the neighbourhood of Worthing, several discoveries of Roman remains are recorded to have taken place. Urns, with coins of Diocletian and Constantino, were found iu 1826 and 1828. The chief discovery, how- ever, related by Mr. Dixon, occurred during the progress of tb.e railway cuttings, in August, 1845. The spot is in the parish of Broadwater, a little west of Ham Bridge. At about 15 inches beneath the surface, which was not more raised than in other places, 2.5 or 30 urns and funereal vessels were found, — five of them containing burnt bones ; several of the vessels were bottle-shaped, the neck being much contracted ; also some fragments of " Samian," and a beautiful little cylix of the embossed ware, supposed to have been fabricated at Castor, Northamptonshire. This interesting cup was of a bluish-grey colour ; on one side appeared a stag, resembling a red deer, and on the other a large hound. These figures are in relief. Portions of rings, possibly armillw, of wood or shale, were found; and more than 200 short iron nails, which appeared to have been fixed in a circle of 8 or 10 inches in an oi)jcct much decayed, supposed to have been a buckler. In regard to the mode of interment, it is stated : — " These funereal relics were deposited in irregular order, 3 or 4 feet apart, VOL. via. Q