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correct views of the origin of these were held, and the better 
received opinion of such men as Warne and others was that they 
were made by the natives for defence against the inroads of the 
bordering tribes, or of their foreign enemies ; and that the Belge 
had made the one in question, and took refuge here from the 
attacks of the Durotriges dwelling on the other side of the Stour. 
Retracing their steps by the way they came, the party were con- 
ducted across the slopes of the down to the south-east, and after 
descending a steep valley, commenced the ascent of Hod hill. 
Hanford house was seen, beautifully embosomed in trees below 
on the right, and some cheery young voices, whose sound had 
reached the party on the side of Hamildon hill, were seen on 
the sky line above, ready to welcome the strangers, or may be to 
poke some fun at the old fossils who came so far to see such 
ordinary banks of earth. However, on this occasion more interest 
than usual seemed to have been taken by the visitors, as evidenced 
by their intelligent questions in listening to the admirable 
description of Sir Talbot Baker, as he drew attention to the 
features of the camp, pointing out the difference between the 
original and larger camp, including the smaller one inside it. 
Entering the latter at the north-west corner and following the 
line of the second and inner of the two north ramparts, he said 
there could be no doubt that they were looking upon two 
different kinds of work—a Roman and a pre-Roman—the former 
being contained in a part of the latter. The north-west corner of 
an ancient pre-Roman camp, of some 50 acres, following the 
irregular form of the hill, had been converted into a parallelogram 
or square, in Roman times, by running straight lines of defence 
from side to side, and thus enclosing a rectilinear space. Not only 
did the form of this smaller camp indicate its origin, but up to 
1853 the site of Roman habitations was plainly visible in the 
interior, and many Roman remains had been found there. These 
were the times when the plough had been so busily at work there, 
and been the means of enriching Mr. Durden’s museum at 
