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built upon the foundations of the Roman Wall. They are in 
good preservation, and throughout a great length afford an 
agreeable promenade. Oncrossing the celebrated Lendal Bridge, 
a picturesque view of the river with the quaint structures includ- 
ing the Guildhall, rising from its waters, is obtained. The 
Bridge is of iron construction, and was designed by Mr. Page, 
the architect of Westminster Bridge. It was built at a cost of 
£35,000, and is richly ornamented with shields and various 
devices. The celebrated grounds of the Yorkshire Philosophical 
Society were next entered, and the party proceeded to view the 
extremely valuable collections therein preserved. At the further 
end of the tastefully laid out gardens are the beautiful ruins of 
St. Mary’s Abbey, a Benedictine Monastery. The West front, 
judging from the portion which remains, must have been very 
fine. The Hospitium, which is partly of wooden construction, 
is utilized as an Antiquity Museum. It is a rich storehouse of 
fragments of the sculptured decorations of the Abbey, and of a 
singularly fine collection of Roman and other antiquities. York 
is notably rich in Roman relics ; and of these there are tesselated 
pavements of beautiful design, a unique collection of coffins, many 
altars, bricks and tiles, remains of baths and leaden pipes, 
and numerous specimens of pottery, cinerary urns, glass, 
ornaments of gold, ivory, jet, &c. An object of special interest 
is the hair of a Roman lady which was taken out of a stone 
coffin found in 1875. The hair retains its beautiful auburn 
colour, and contains two jet pins in their original position. The 
Museum of the Society is of Grecian architecture, and contains 
several valuable Roman tablets, pieces of Egyptian sculpture, 
the mortar of the Infirmary of the Abbey of St. Mary—a choice 
specimen of mediceval art—and a curious and rare collection of 
coins. In the Ethnological Room are deposited numerous bone, 
flint, and stone implements from various countries, samples of 
British pottery, and bronze implements and weapons, &c. A 
special feature is the geological collection, and there are skeletons 
of birds, and the remains of extinct animals. The old Norman 
arch forming the principal gateway of the Abbey was noticed, 
as also the remains of the Hospital of St. Leonard, and the 
Multangular Tower,—an undoubted part of the fortifications of 
Eboracum. 
The party then proceeded to the Railway Station, and after 
dinner went by train to Selby, 14 miles distant. Here they 
were met by the Rev. — Lister, Curate of the Parish, the Vicar, 
the Rey. Canon Harper, being unable to accompany the party ; 
and on reaching the glorious Abbey Church, two of the Church- 
wardens joined Mr. Lister in order to give information and 
facilitate the profitable inspection of the venerable edifice. Selby 
Abbey Church holds a unique position as the one great Bene- 
