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number of roads. The neighbouring town of Derby used 

 to be identified with Deruentio (Derhentio), but besides 

 the fact that the etymology of Derby is very uncertain, it 

 may be safely asserted that if Deruentio was in that 

 district it must have been the important station of Little 

 Chester. The variant Derhentio need, of course, cause no 

 surprise, as h was often written for consonantal u in later 

 Latin.i* 



Such is the meagre information which we possess on the 

 subject of this paper. For further knowledge we must 

 wait till the discovery of another inscription or of some 

 long-lost work comes to reward our patience. 



W, B. Anderson. 



14. This was due to changes in the pronunciation. 



