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couW he put under water. A short inspection of the neighbour- 

 ing church, with its well kept churchyard, was made, and the 

 stream of tlie Troggy followed to Caerwent, the Venta Silurum 

 of the ancients. Before entering, the Vice-President beneath the 

 shelter of a massive portion of the south or port-wall gave a short 

 description of the city, and the various discoveries which have . 

 from time to time been made. A considerable portion of the 

 walls now remain, enclosing a space of forty aci'es, and are in 

 some places on the south side, twentj'-five feet high. The facing 

 has been removed in several places, and the " herringbone " work 

 in sandstone exposed ; red sandstone supplying the place of the 

 usual bonding courses of Roman bricks. The remains of the 

 north gateway may still be seen in a cottage garden, and the 

 fosse on the west and south-west is still of great depth. The via 

 Julia runs through the camp, and tlie church, which has no 

 features of architectural interest about it, appears to have been 

 built of the stones of the Eoman station. Only one inscribed 

 stone is said ever to have been found at Caerwent, but a very 

 interesting bath, with all its accompanying chambers, was laid 

 open to the south of the farm-house ; a model of this is preserved 

 in the museum at Caerleon, and it has been described by Mr. 

 Octavius Morgan in the ArchoBologia. The Eeaufort Arms gave 

 such accommodation as it could offer to the Members for the 

 night, and the next morning being bright and balmy, induced 

 some of the Members to make an early start for the Windcliff, 

 whilst others, under the guidance of Mr. Irvin, insjjected the 

 Castle ; and the geologists the limestone quarry across tlie Wye, 

 The principal feature to be noticed here is the existence of a 

 thick bed of Oolitic limestone, some twelve feet thick, at the base 

 of the qwarry nearest the river, similar to that observed by the 

 Secretary, at Skrinkle Bay, near Tenby, just above the Shales 

 and fish bed of the Carboniferous limestone. The capping of the 

 quarry appeared to be New Red, and there was a very thick talus 

 of yellow sand and clay, the accumulation of six or seven years 



