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ground for the foundations of the Medical Officer’s residence. It 
was but a few inches below the basement floor of the house which 
previously occupied a part of the site and where there had been a 
plumber’s workshop. The handling of heavy masses of lead had 
crushed in the floor and also the Roman Pavement beneath, owing 
to the fact of this pavement having only been supported on a 
series of brick and stone pillars at distances varying from 15 to 
17 inches apart forming the hypocaust beneath the floor. The 
surface was thus very uneven and a great part of the pavement 
totally destroyed. The amount left was about two-thirds of its 
originalextent. The Hospital authorities took pains to preserve the 
pavement as much as possible, but it suffered very much from the 
deteriorating effect of frost and floods. In the spring of this year 
it was decided to enlarge the kitchen accommodation and the 
space available being very restricted it became necessary to 
consider whether the remains of the old pavement should be 
kept. It was finally decided to offer what was left of the 
pavement to the City Authorities, and it was removed under 
the City Architect’s directions for refixing in the New Pump 
Room Museum. It seems probable that the ornamental part of 
the paving was designed and made without regard to the dimen- 
sions of the room and the white border carried all round. 
The remaining spaces were then filled up with as many rows of 
| the chocolate tesseree as were found to be necessary. The 

‘arrangements of the colours and patterns are particularly 
interesting, as can be seen from the sketch of the pavement. 
at page 56 ‘of these Proceedings, and show what an effective 
result can be produced with a few simple tints when used with 
skill and taste. I believe it will be found that some of the 
_ designs are common to other Roman pavements that have been 
found in or near Bath. 
_ The President spoke of the beautiful pavement which was 
discovered at Newton, and which was now in the Bristol Museum, 
"pointing out the great similarity between the two. He alluded to 
