^$ REPORT. 



several compartments in the remaining aisle has been re- 

 covered, and in part replaced ; and very recently there have 

 been found, deposited together under the foundation of a 

 wall, seven statues of the size of life, elaborately sculptured, 

 and so well preserved, that the colours and gilding of the 

 drapery may still be seen. At the moment of this interesting 

 discovery, the Committee found themselves compelled, by 

 the state of their funds, to desist from prosecuting these 

 researches any further. The foundations of the Monastery, 

 however, have been completely explored over the entire 

 extent of the Society's ground, and beyond it, wherever it 

 was practicable to follow them ; and an accurate plan of the 

 whole has been transmitted for publication to the Society of 

 Antiquaries, at whose request a descriptive memoir on the 

 subject has been drawn up by the Curator of Antiquities ^ of 

 this Institution. In addition to the plan, general views of 

 the ruins, and drawings of the sculptures and other archi- 

 tectural details, have been furnished by the pencil of Mr. 

 Nash ; and the work is so far completed, that it may be 

 expected in the course of a month to be ready for delivery. 

 As the expense of the excavations is to be in part defrayed 

 out of the proceeds of this publication, the sale of it cannot 

 be deferred ; and it is necessary that those members of the 

 Society who wish to avail themselves of the advantageous 

 terms on which it is in the first place offered to them, 

 should not delay their application to the Secretaries. 



The researches on the site of the Abbey, and the liberality of 

 contributors, have added many Coins to the Society's cabinet, 



• The Rev. C, Wellbeloved. 



