the valley of the Aire near Leeds, points also to the conclusion, that 

 the tribes by whom the flints and the pottery were used, lived upon 

 the earth, while it was still tenanted by species which have since 

 perished. 



Dec. e. — The Rev. J. Kenrick gave an account of some Roman 

 antiquities recently discovered at the Mount. At the depth of 2 ft. 

 6 in. below the surface, a slab 6 ft. 10 in. long was found, having four 

 incised figures and an inscription in six lines. Being removed it was 

 found to cover a sarcophagus, in which was a body which had been 

 imbedded in liquid plaster. The incised stone which had been appro- 

 priated as the cover was not long enough to cover it and another 

 channelled stone had been used to lengthen it. The inscription on the 

 sarcophagus is much decayed, but it imports that it was dedicated to 

 the Manes of .^lia Severa by her husband. From the form of the 

 letters, which have been filled up with red paint, the sarcophagus 

 appears to be considerably older than the slab which covers it, and 

 probably the sarcophagus as well as the slab has been borrowed for a 

 later interment. The remains of the skeleton seem to belong to a 

 male rather than a female. The upper part of the slab which is 

 incised, contains four figures : two of adults, male and female, two of 

 children, also male and female. The inscription, as far as it can be 

 read, is as follows : 



DMFLAVIiEAUGUSTINAE 



VIXIT- AN-XXXVniIM-Vn-DXIFILIUS 



NUS • AUGSTINUS • VXT • AN • I • D • IH 



AN-I-M-VIIII-D-V-C^RESIUS 



I-LEG-VI-VIC-CONIUGICARI 



ET-SIBI- F-C- 



It appears therefore that Caeresius, a soldier of the Sixth Conquer- 

 ing Legion, raised this memorial to his wife, Flavia Augustina, who 

 lived 39 years, seven months, and eleven days; to his son, Augnstinus, 

 who lived one year and three days, and his daughter, who lived one 

 year, nine months and five days, providing at the same time a memo- 

 rial for himself, according to a practice very common among the 

 Romans. The figures at the top correspond with this destination of 

 the monument. The stone has received an injury which has obliter- 

 ated several letters on the left side, so that only the last syllable of 

 the son's first name is legible, and that of the daughter, as well as the 

 military rank of Caeresius, is unknown. 



