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oN THE ADDITIONS TO THE COLLECTTOX OF Among other remains of this period it will be sufficient to mention an iron dagger in a bronze sheath,^ found in the Thames ; a bronze figure of Cupid from Haynford,^ in Korfolk ; a very beautiful glass vessel found at Colchester,' from the Mantell Collection ; various Roman vessels of earthenware found on the borders of Hertfordshire, in ISutlblk, and at Colchester, and several phite-metal vessels found at Icklinghara in Suffolk. With regard to Saxon antiquities, a branch of British archcTology in which the Museum is especially deficient, a very welcome accession is to be founrl in those presented by Viscomit Folkestone. They are the result of the excavations conducted by iMr. Akerman on Ilarnham Hill, near Salisbury, and are especially valuable on account of the careful and scientific manner in which that gentle- man conducted liis researches. A detailed account of them will shortly appear in the ArcluT3ologia. We are in- debted to irr. Josiah Goodwyn for several iron weapons discovered at Ilarnham previously to Mr. Akerman's excavations. A few Kentish antiquities of this period were included in the Mantell Collection, as well as some interestino; relics from Sussex. Among the latter should be noticed the gold ring found at Bonner,^ of which a representation is annexed. Its similarity to the gold ornaments found at S()l)erton,vith coins of William the Conquci'or, seems to preclude our attributing this object to nn earlier jici'iod. Two urns and bronze ornaments from (^uaii'ington in Lincolnshire, have been presented by the Rev. E. Trollope ; Miiotlier m-n, liom lViisthorj)e, in Norfolk, l)y Mr. Greville Chester ; ;nid a circulnr brooch IVdiii I^'nii-foi'd by Ml". J. O. Weslwood. Tlie singular copper dish found at (liertsey has been ac<|nir(<l for the Museum. It is cliielly remarkable for an in.scri|ili(in tm its i-iiii. |)iiMislie'l in the A ichieologia •* by Mr. Saxon Gold Ump, Koniii;!-. 8llBS0X. " Kii;n"'iviul ill Arcli. .Joiirii. x. 2.5.0, wlu-nr iln< <l(T8<'ri|iti<»ii of tlic two iliimjci-- hliciilliH liiiM Ixcii iiwiilvcrtciilly li'iins |ii)M4'il in tile |ilii(i- ' .liiiini. Ill Arrli. Ahsoc. ii. .'ll'l. SniitlTs ('(illi-etmu'a, ii. pi. .iv. fij;. (i, 1 lorsliilir.i l.i'WcH, pi. iv. li^. -1. Aivli. .Jinir., viii lOii. Vol. ..x. p. HI.