unearthed, and the Trustees of the gardens have recently i)laced a 

 paved square to mark the situation of so historical and memorable 

 a spot. Xot far from Trinity Mews the ancient city wall was again 

 met with, and some fine sections were exposed to view. A piece 

 no less than 55 feet in length was removed, and so strong was the 

 masonry that the work was accomplished only by a great expendi- 

 ture of time and labour. The foundations of the wall appeared to 

 be of the same character as that which has been observed on the 

 occasions when other sections have been open to examination — 

 a layer of flint stones on a bed of puddled clay, and above this 

 a plinth of dark-brown sandstone, hand-dressed, and laid with 

 consideraljle care. The wall itself was composed of small, 

 in-egularly cut stones, principally of Kentish rag, with bonding 

 courses of bright red tiles, laid at regular intervals, and the whole 

 was faced with well-squared stones, dressed and laid in regular 

 bond. 



Xear to Church Street, Minories, the line entered on the site 

 of the Abbey of the Xuns of St. Clare, founded in 1293 by 

 Edmund Earl of Lancaster, and lasting up to 1539, when it was 

 suppressed by Henry YIII. Many remnants of the old building 

 were removed ; the work observed was mostly of chalk, and of a 

 Norman character. The remains of what had been a fine leaden 

 coffin was discovered in this locality. It was of Eomau date, 

 ornamented with lines of a beaded pattern enclosing scallop-shells 

 — a familiar mode of ornamentation with the Komans. The 

 coffin, which was unfortunately broken up by the workmen owing 

 to the value of the metal, showed that the place was used by the 

 Romans as an extra-mural cemeter}'. 



On reaching Aldgate the circle was complete. At this place 

 it was interesting to note the successive layers of the soil. jS'o 

 fewer than eight were counted. As the made ground was 12 feet 

 deep, it seemed probable that this portion of Old London had been, 

 on the average, raised something like 9 inches in every 100 years. 

 In the course of the works two City Halls had to be removed, 

 Tiz., that of the Cutlers in Cloak Lane, and that of the Butchers' 

 in Eastcheap. Such of the antiquities as could be saved by the 

 Directors of the line were presented to the Corporation of London, 



