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to the Academy of Berlin, that it is much to be wished that 

 such catalogues as that at Stourhead always existed, as the 

 valuable works shut up in private libraries in England would 

 then be known. 



The Members visited the Museum of Antiquities in another 

 part of the building. This appeared not well attended to, 

 one of the cases had been forced open, in another the glass 

 was broken ; and the rare and curious objects which had been 

 obtained from the Barrows of Wilts, some of which are of 

 gold and others very rare, are thus insufficiently protected. 

 These objects are happily engraved in Hoare's "Ancient 

 Wilts." The collection is full of ancient urns, the more curious 

 and rare are put under cases. These have also been imitated 

 in modem pottery, and the imitations are placed on the floor 

 of the Museum. 



The hall contains some Roman Funereal marble Cippi, 

 which have been brought from abroad. They are of the 

 heathen period. Two inscriptions were copied : — 



1. 



ORPHEV . OSSA . TVA 

 BENE . QVIESCVNT. 



2. 



D . M . S 



C . VOCONIO 



AVXETICO 



QVI . VIX . ANN . 



XIV . M . V . D . XX . 



VIII. F . PAREN 



TES . FIL . DVLC. 



