The increased efficiency of exhibition has been much 

 appreciated by students and others. 



EXPLORATION AT BRISLINGTON. 



During the earlier months of the year, extensive 

 operations were carried out at Brislington, on part of 

 the estate belonging to the Bristol and District Land 

 Company, consequent upon the discovery there of the 

 remains of a Roman Villa. The Committee took up 

 the work which had been begun by members of the 

 Clifton Antiquarian Club, and in the course of the spring, 

 the extensive foundation walls of the Villa were laid 

 bare, showing in an interesting manner the plan of its 

 construction and many of its domestic features. The 

 remains of two beautiful mosaic pavements were care- 

 fully taken up and removed to the Museum, where, alter 

 being for a time publicly exhibited, they have had to be 

 put aside until the time when space can be provided for 

 their permanent display. In addition to the pavements, 

 a great variety of relics of the Roman period were 

 discovered, and by permission of the owners of the land, 

 these were also removed to the Museum, and a represen- 

 tative collection has been arranged for exhibition. These 

 include Roman coins, utensils and implements of stone 

 and flint, specimens of pottery of all the usual kinds 

 except Samian, beads and other specimens of glass 

 manufacture, articles of ivory, bone, bronze, and iron, 

 together with the bones of various animals, tusks and 

 teeth of the wild boar and shells of oysters and snails. 

 It is intended shortly to issue as a permanent record, a 

 detailed and illustrated account of this important ex- 

 ploration. The Committee would take this opportunity 

 of acknowledging their obligation to the Directors of 

 the Land Company, for the unrestricted facilities afforded 

 by them. 



