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southern side from the valley below. The largest building marked 

 (A) on ]Mr. Bathurst's plan is the principal portion, and marks the 

 residence of a Roman of distinction. It consists, as is usual in a 

 Roman house, of a central court surrounded on three sides by a 

 portico, and chambers beyond, many of which, as well as the portico 

 itself, have tesselated floors. Through the kindness of Mr. Bathurst 

 some of them had been uncovered for inspection. 



Leaving the principal building you come to a second (marked B 

 on the plan) which contained a complete system of baths, with hypo- 

 caust and prcefurnium, and many chambers of different sizes. These 

 stand on the verge of the hill looking north, and to the east are the 

 remains of what appear to have been a reservoir for supplying the 

 baths with water. 



The third portion contains the remains of a temple dedicated to the 

 god Nodon, in the middle space of which is a tesselated floor con- 

 taining an inscription. There are also two side chambers which have 

 tesselated floors. The length of this building is 93 feet, the breadth 76. 



These portions were successively examined and described by the aid 

 of a large plan, made when the remains were first uncovered, and 

 accurate measurements and drawings taken. The interest of these 

 remains is much increased by the metal tablets and other objects 

 found in the process of uncovering, all of which have been carefully 

 preserved and placed under glass cases. The inscriptions have 

 attracted considerable notice. They have been recorded not only by 

 Mr. Bathurst and Mr. King, but also by Mr. Ormrod, the historian of 

 the county of Cheshire, in his " Strigulensia," and by Dr. McCaul, late 

 President of the University College, Toronto, and lastly by Professor 

 Hiibner, of Berlin, in a paper entitled " Das Heiligthum des Nodon." 



The Professor however falls into an error in supposing that the site 

 of the Temple and Villa was not fortified. He has evidently not seen 

 the spot. His pamphlet however does ample justice to the interests of 

 the remains at Lydney, and his interpretation of the inscription on 

 the pavement in the Temple, though it differs from that of Mr. King 

 shows the importance of the place, and the rank of the person who 

 adorned the Temple. 



After hearing Mr. Scarth's paper the members, in company 

 with Mr. Bathurst and Sir John Macleaue, walked to the site of 



