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I had been opening some of the tumuli on the Wolds. I had sent a crouched skeleton and some skulls to the Scarborough Museum. This I was doubtful about, whether it was a prehistoric interment  in fact, to what date it belonged. No one thought of an inquest." I HAD BEEN OPENING SOME OF THE TUMULI ON THE WORLDS I HAD SENT A CROUCHED SKELETON AND SOME SKULLS TO THE SCARBOROUGH MUSEUM THIS I WAS DOUBTFUL ABOUT WHETHER IT WAS A PREHISTORIC INTERMENT IN FACT TO WHAT DATE IT BELONGED NO ONE THOUGHT OF AN INQUEST
 after we had eaten our sandwiches, Lynton reluctantly abandoned all hopes of falling in with the hounds, and said we would return home by a slightly different route. We had not descended the hill before we came on an old chalk quarry and the remains of a disused kiln. I recollected the spot at once. I had been here with Sir Francis on my former visit, many years ago. "Why--bless me!" said I. "Do you remember, Lynton, what happened here when I was with you before? There had been men engaged removing chalk, and they came on a skeleton under some depth of rubble. We went together to see it removed, and you said you would have it preserved till it could be examined by some ethnologist or anthropologist, one or other of those dry-as-dusts, to decide whether the remains are dolichocephalous or brachycephalous, whether British, Danish, or--modern. What was the result?" Sir Francis hesitated for a moment, and then answered: "It is true, I had the remains removed." "Was there an inquest?" "No. RUN IN A DIFFERENT DIRECTION AT THREE O'CLOCK AFTER WE HAD EATEN OUR SANDWICHES LYNTON RELUCTANTLY ABANDONED ALL HOPES OF FALLING IN WITH THE HOUNDS AND SAID WE WOULD RETURN HOME BY A SLIGHTLY DIFFERENT ROUTE WE HAD NOT DESCENDED THE HILL BEFORE WE CAME ON AN OLD CHALK QUARRY AND THE REMAINS OF A DISUSED KILN I RECOLLECTED THE SPOT AT ONCE I HAD BEEN HERE WITH SIR FRANCIS ON MY FORMER VISIT MANY YEARS AGO WHY BLESS ME SAID I DO YOU REMEMBER LYNTON WHAT HAPPENED HERE WHEN I WAS WITH YOU BEFORE THERE HAD BEEN MEN ENGAGED REMOVING CHALK AND THEY HAD COME ON A SKELETON UNDER SOME DEPTH OF RUBBLE WE WENT TOGETHER TO SEE IT REMOVED AND YOU SAID YOU WOULD HAVE IT PRESERVED TILL IT COULD BE EXAMINED BY SOME ETHNOLOGIST OR ANTHROPOLOGIST ONE OR OTHER OF THOSE DRY AS DUSTS TO DECIDE WHETHER REMAINS ARE DELICOCEPHALUS OR BRACEPHALUS WHETHER BRITISH DANISH OR MODERN WHAT WAS THE RESULT SIR FRANCIS HESITATED FOR A MOMENT AND THEN ANSWERED IT IS TRUE I HAD THE REMAINS REMOVED WAS THERE AN INQUEST NO
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