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brought up tliese remains from thence. It was nothing of the sort, 

 and he hoped now he had got so far that he should be permitted to 

 clear away the whole of this debris, which though not dangerous was 

 undesirable. He hoped that one result of the work would be that he 

 should bring the King's Bath back to its old heat. Dr. Falconer 

 stated that the amount of water was 135 gallons a minute. He did 

 not know where the statement was obtained, but taking the contents 

 of the bath and seeing in how many hours it filled, he found in 1863 

 that the yield was 111 gallons a minute. By what he had already 

 done, in saving leakage, he had brought the supply up to 152 gallons, 

 and he hoped to considerably increase it. 



The Vice-President congratulated not only the Club on 

 having so intelligent a member, but also the city on having a city 

 architect so able and so admirably qualified to carry out the work 

 entrusted to him. He had been much interested by what he had 

 heard. The vessels exhibited were undoubtedly Eoman, of a very 

 rare form. He was quite familiar with them, as they were to be 

 seen sculjjtured on altars and were evidently sacrificial. The vase 

 was a simpulum and the dish a lanx or vessel in which the entrails 

 were placed for offering. He hoped that Mr. Davis would keep a 

 very car.eful record of all he found and communicate it not only 

 to the Society of Antiquaries but also to the Club. 



Mr. Ekin called attention to a deposit of iron pyrites at 

 Bourbon les Bains similar to that spoken of by Mr. Davis and to 

 the importance of the phenomenon as illustrating the deposit of 

 metaiiferous veins. 



Mr. MoORE expressed his opinion that the idea of getting rid of 

 the sand was hopeless, and pointed out how what Mr. Davis had 

 found supported the theory that Bath was a deserted spot after 

 the departure of the Eomans, 



The Session of 1880-81 opened on December 8th at the 

 Literary and Scientific Institution with a good attendance of 

 members, to hear Sir Henry Freeling give the result of his 

 exploration in South Australia. 



