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another Interamnate in one of the votive inscriptions on a leaden or pewter 
tablet, thus :— 
NODENTI SILVIANVS DIVO 
ANVIVM PERDEDIT 
DEMEDIAM PARTEM 
DONAVIT NODENTI 
INTER QVIBVS NOMEN 
SENICIANI NVLLIS 
PERMITTAS SANITA 
TEM DONEC PERF * RA * 
VSQVE TEMPIVM NO 
DENTIS. 
The gist of this inscription is that one Silvianus wagered a ring: one half 
(the value of it) he presented or vowed to the god, Nodens, and as a certain 
Senicianus won the bet, and left Silvianus to pay his vow to the god how he could, 
besought the deity not to grant the blessing of health to any one of the name 
Senicianus, till the said ring was lodged by its winner in the god’s temple. After 
donavit Nodonti in the inscription follows, inter without a customary accusative, 
but with a relative clause beginning Quibus Seniciani nomen. Here some supply 
cos before quibus : others take inter for in termino, referring to a terminal statue of 
Nodens. But the one explanation is harsh, the other more than doubtful, seeing 
that the terminal statue hard by has nothing to identify it with the British 
A®sculapius, and ig much more like Pan or Silenus, or a terminal bust of Socrates. 
If however we might take Jnter for Iteramnati, on the faith of the other inscrip- 
‘tion, we have the god’s locale, as well as that of Victorinus, satisfactorily identi- 
fied. The credit of this acute discovery is wholly due to Dr. Me.Caul. The two 
other inscriptions which remain are of briefer tenor. They run as follows: 
(1) D M, NODONTI 
F, L BLANDINVS 
A.RMATURA 
v. 8S. L. M. 
or, in English, “ Flavius Blandinus, a light armed soldier, readily, as was meet, 
paid his vow to the great god, Nodens,” and 
(2) PECTILLVS 
VOTUM QUOD 
PROMMISSIT 
DEO NODENTE. 
M DEDIT. 
or, Pectillus, as was meet, paid to the god, Nodens, his promised vow.” Such 
irregularities of orthography as promissit NODENTE are very common, 
In the garden, Mr. Baruurst pointed out a collection of roofing tiles, the 
pipes of the hypocaust, and the drainage pipes which had been found at the villa, 
After nearly two hours spent in the Museum the party were summoned to 
luncheon, which Mr. Bathurst had hospitably provided for his guests, who num- 
bered not less than fifty ladies and gentlemen. The repast, which was sumptuously 
provided, was served early, and was not followed by long sitting at table, the 
