The Joiirnal 



OF THE 



Postal Microscopical Society 



OCTOBER, 1883. 



©rganiema from tbe IRecentl^^Siecoverct) 

 (ancient) IRoman Batba in Batb. 



By R. H. Moore. 



Plate 32. 



A Paper read to the Members of the Bath Microscopical Society, 

 May, 1883.* 



N the Roman Bath recently laid open to the city, the 

 greater interest has centred in its archaeological 

 character ; the lesser interest I am desirous to 

 evoke. As we gaze upon its noble fragments of 

 architectural columns, its broken altar, its fine series 

 of steps, and its substantial ambulatory, the imagi- 

 nation pictures former scenes of activity and enjoy- 

 ment among an intruding race of men, which is in 

 marked contrast with the present desertion and 

 ruin of this once-favoured spot. But so soon as desertion com- 

 menced and decay became apparent, Nature's deft fingers sup- 

 plied the vacuum, and amid the ruins of man's industry she 



* This paper was in type and the plate prepared in time for the July part, but 

 pressed out for want of room. We were surprised to notice that a somewhat 

 mutilated copy appeared in a contemporary. — Ed. 



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