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portrait of a great trout which he had taken. This he gave to 

 Skinner, who has suspended it in his porch, having added the word 

 IX0Y2 : serva nos, in characters, but just perceptible. In the hall 

 there are the more curious of the remains which have been dis- 

 covered at his supposed Camulodunum, and in the windows in 

 stained glass, and in other parts of the house he has figured 

 British and Romano-British emblems, and especially such as relate 

 to Cunobelin and Boadicea." 



In January, 1866, some members of our Club visiffed Camerton, 

 and read with delight the memorials of Mr. Skinner and his family. 

 But the old Rectory house and grounds had given way to modern 

 requirements, and nothing of him was to be seen there except his 

 parchment protest in favour of his own Camalodunum, entered 

 with quoted authorities, in the parish register, and a certain grace 

 and amenity which seemed not to have deserted the house. Within 

 the Church /which was chiefly distinguished by fine altar tombs to 

 members of the Carew family) is a tablet to Mrs. Skinner, on which 

 is inscribed : — 



THAT WORTH NO RECCED NEEDS ON PAGEANT STONE, 

 WHOSE PRAISE SURVIVES WHEN HHMAN PRIDE IS GONE. 



Not far from the Church a fount of water is arched over with a 

 number of Roman bricks and pottery pieces, besides which lies a 

 quern, and an inscription tells us that the arch was built as a 

 memorial of the great history of Camerton : 



NB VESTIGIA ROM 

 PER TOTHM FERE 



CAMALODUNI 



AGRUM DISPERSA 



8INT ADVENIS 



OMNINO INVISA 



HUNO ARCUM 



E RUDERIBUS 



^DIFICIORUM 



SUBLAPSORUM 



JOH. SKINNER 



CONGERI FECIT 



A.D. MDCCCXVIII. 



But it is the Churchyard which exhibits Mr. Skinner's music and 

 pensiveness to most advantage. On the four sides of a small altar 

 tomb are these inscriptions : 



