Portions of the solid metal perfectly free from incrustation were selected for analysis. COMPOSITION PER CENT. I. II. Mean. Copper 86·41 86·31 86·36 Tin 13·05 13·07 13·06 Lead -- 0·11 0·11 Iron 0·17 -- 0·17 Nickel 0·15 -- 0·15 Cobalt traces -- traces ------ 99·85 ------ The specific gravity of the metal was 8·858 at 60° Fahr. A portion of clean solid metal weighing 24·811 grains was employed for the experiment. The substances forming the incrustation could not possibly be separated from each other with sufficient accuracy to allow of their being separately analysed. * * * * * V.--FRAGMENT OF A BRONZE VASE-HANDLE. Sketches of this, of the actual size, are annexed (Nos. 547-549). It is curved, and on the convex side there are three parallel indented lines, which doubtless were connected with ornamentation. It was everywhere incrusted with the products of weathering action. On the convex surface the prevailing colour was green, with here and there patches of grey and dark blue; on the concave surface the incrustation was much thinner and more uniformly green. It is quite impossible to describe accurately in words these appearances. The portion analysed was freed by filing from incrusting matter. This analysis was made in the laboratory of the Royal School of Mines by Mr. W. F. Ward. [Illustration: Nos. 547-549. Plan, side elevation, and end elevation, of a Bronze Handle of a Vase. Sepulchre IV. Actual size.] COMPOSITION PER CENT. Copper 89·69 Tin 10·08 ----- 99·77 ----- This is the most usual composition of ancient bronze. The metal seems to have been exceptionally pure. * * * * * VI.--FRAGMENT OF A COPPER KETTLE. FROM THE FOURTH SEPULCHRE.