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a soft state : the same circumstance has been observed in similar 

 remains at London, York, and other places ; no other marks of 

 any kind are discernable. 



The pottery met with consists entirely of fragments, no entire 

 vessel occurring ; and it is as remarkable for its plainness as for 

 the variety of form and absence of ornament ; which is generally 

 the concomitant of Roman ware found under similar conditions. 

 It is of coarse, red manufacture, with portions of the slate- 

 coloured kind of better make ; they are principally fragments of 

 urns of several varieties. As far as I know, only two very small 

 portions of glass have been found ; clear, thin, and of a white 

 colour ; one slightly curved, as though part of some spherical 

 vessel, the other remnant is flat. In various parts of the ruins 

 large portions of stucco have been turned up, with the remains 

 of colour upon them, and seemingly parts of coloured walls ; the 

 colours which mostly prevail are brown, red, purple, lilac, and 

 yellow, painted in stripes ; and in one example, on a purple 

 stripe, a white circular figure is represented. The material upon 

 which the pigment is laid is a foundation of rather coarse 

 concrete, and on this a thin coating of lime for the reception of 

 the colours, which are superficial and in a good state of preserva- 

 tion. Large quantities of oyster shells have been found ; and it 

 is worthy of notice, that an old well which was filled up a few 

 years ago, formerly existed in one corner of the field. The 

 broken fragments of some querns, numerous hexagonal tesserae 

 of a brown colour, and large masses of stone 5 or 6 feet long, 

 having the appearance of being parts of doorways, and retaining 

 marks of iron work, and one with the peculiar depression for a 

 louis, have been found. A curious relict, found in this locality 

 some time since, is a massive silver ring, set with an intaglio 

 engraved on a pale blue onyx, having for the device a winged 

 Victory standing upon a globe. ^ 



' Three skeletons liave been found during the excavations, one of a child in the 

 comer of the room marked L, and the others those of a male and female in positions 

 indicated in the plan : the two latter had been doubtless interred in chambers, the 

 boundaries of which the imperfect and ruined state of the foundation rendered it 

 impossible for us accurately to trace. The same thing occurs at Isurium and other 



