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quest of our island under the Emperor Claudius. The silver 
coins not unfrequently discovered go back to the Triumvir 
Antony, and reach down to Probus and Tacitus, and probably 
later. I have already described this pig of lead, the heaviest 
yet found in England, which was disinterred last summer. I 
need not dwell upon the Roman remains of this locality, having 
already brought some of them under your notice, but I would 
suggest some practical good which may be effected by our Club. 
We ought in the summer to visit these workings, we ought to 
encourage the overlookers to preserve these relics; and we 
ought, if possible, to get a clear idea of the extent and duration 
of the workings made by the Romans. From the date of their 
leaving this island to the present time the workings seem 
to have been abandoned, probably under the idea that the lead 
was exhausted ; and so the virgin ore appears to have been, except 
at a great depth, In medizval times there was indeed an ecclesi- 
astical establishment here, but they seem to have disregarded the 
mineral produce, as no medizval remains have been found, or any 
traces of previous Saxon occupation. It is only in recent times 
that increased skill in smelting the ore has enabled the miner to 
obtain a sufficient return from the scoria of the Roman workman ; 
and now in the process of gathering up the fragments of the 
Roman labourer are found these remains of Roman occupation, 
pigs of lead, remnants of every kind of pottery, coins, and indeed 
all the indications of a long and well-appointed occupation. 
Could we extend our investigations across the Glastonbury moors 
through what are called the “Turbaries,” and along the course of the 
Severn Sea to the pleasant range of the Quantock hills, and in this 
district collect and investigate all that is of antiquarian and scientific 
interest, we should have a very profitable and pleasant labour, 
and find employment for many excursions. I will only now 
make a suggestion, that including Clevedon and its neighbour- 
hood in one of our excursions, we should in another examine 
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