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above the head of the reclining figure. The reclining figure 

 rests on one elbow (the left) and extends the right arm, while the 

 head is turned away, as if to reject the offering. This is a 

 female figure ; the lower portion of the body is draped, one leg 

 being extended the other bent. 



" In the space between these figures is a large bowl, on one side 

 of which appears to be a serpent. 



" On the side of the stone, reaching from the base to the upper 

 portion, is a tree, around which is coiled a serpent, with the head 

 downward. 



" On the opposite side of the stone, in the upper portion, is a 

 wide panel, extending over half the surface. On this is a dog 

 with a bushy tail, in the act of walking ; at the back of the dog 

 is a tree. 



" Below this Sculpture in relief, the surface is quite plain, 

 apparently without any lettering, though, unfortunately, like the 

 rest of the stone, much injured. The top portion of the stone 

 projects considerably over the panel. 



"In a letter to the Bath Herald (September 12tli, 1885) this 

 Sculpture was considered to be a representation of the fall of our 

 first parents ! but a careful study of the stone at once shews it to 

 be connected with the Heathen Mythology. 



" This was discovered at once by Professor Sayce, who on 

 examining it, made the suggestion to the Secretary of the Field 

 Club, in a letter addressed to him, that it was a representation of 

 Apollo and the nymph Koronis. Before seeing his communication, 

 or knowing the explanation he had given, I had on two 

 examinations of the stone come to the conclusion that it must be 

 .^sculapius (the Greek Asklepios) ofi'ering a lamb to the goddess 

 Hegiea. The serpent feeding out of the crater, or large cup, and 

 the serpent entwined round the tree, are emblems of JEsculapius, 

 and the dog also is connected with the worship of that god. 

 Hegiea was worshipped in the Temple of ^sculapius at Argos, 

 where these two divinities had a sanctuary ; also at Athens and 



