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Show OLD UATTXBFjELD. ritil of rnkUlnrle Hk.Uioo. Mr UmU ! of Moody Coolllcl. The discovery of fifteen prchlstorlt tkeletonaln a gravel bank near Halls-Ti)W"Vrouoir.-to'J tfistjJvU. of much greater vnluolthan at first supposed, sup-posed, for It Is thought ths placo waa an aboriginal battlefield, Tho day alter tto discovery the digging followed fol-lowed the lino of the trench, and tho bones Anally became o thick that tho work had to bo abandoned, as they rendered ren-dered the gravel unfit for use, No effort waa mado to rount tho akeletons unearthed alter the first day, nor wilt It be known how much further tin trench extends until some archaeologist archaeolo-gist arrives on tha scene and completea the work The theory that the skeletons skele-tons mark Uio eceno of a bloody prehistoric pre-historic battle arises from the fact that they He In the ditch without any tern-bianco tern-bianco of order nnd as though thrown there hastily. There was only one skeleton which Indicated that the body had been burled with care. It was lying ly-ing straight In the trench some distance dis-tance from any other and surrounded by black soil, as though burled In a coda or some other covering I.nrge numbers of. stono Implement were found, ono of espoclal Interest being a ttone funnel. |