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found large pigs of iron In front of two sides of the Villa 

 extended long porticos, where the tesselated floors remained, 

 though much damaged. Under the steps leading into the 

 principal chambers the sacred monogram, the Labarum, had 

 been discovered, incised in the stone. This had been found 

 in three different places, and this seemed to indicate that the 

 builder of the Villa was a Christian. The longest side of the 

 Villa appeared to have been occupied by the wash-houses, baths 

 for the slaves, and other offices ; and buildings again behind 

 these seem to have existed, as remains of walls and floors 

 had been found. If we divided the Villa according to Pliny's 

 arransrement — 1. Villa Urbana, or owner's residence ; 2. Pars 

 Rustica, that appointed for the farm labourers ; 3. Fructuaria, 

 or the part appropriated to farm purposes — we might suppose 

 that these were represented by the two portions just described, 

 while the Fructuaria was probably yet to be discovered, unless 

 the lower part of the longer side was appropriated to such 

 purposes, as seemed likely, from a mill-stone being found in 

 one of the chambers and also the appearance of a forge. 

 The upper portion of the Villa had a large court in front of 

 it, which was entered by a gate, the foundations of which still 

 remained. Only one inscribed stone had been found, upon 

 which was written in the Cursive character the word 

 " PRASIATA " or " PRASINATA." This had been con- 

 jectured as connecting the Villa with Prasutagus, especially 

 as a brick had been found in the same locality, with the stamp 

 "Arviri" upon it, which seemed to connect it with Arviragus, 

 another name preserved to us in Romano-British history; 

 but it was conjectured, with more probability, that the word 

 Prasiata or Prasinata rather related to the chariot racing of 

 that age, and that it was only the colour of the owner of the 

 Villa, which had been written up by some one favouring the 

 Green Faction, of the circus games. This explanation had 

 been suggested soon after the visit of the Archseological 



