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any time exist upon it. And as to the missing fragment, as 
has been already noticed, it must have been entirely rough 
buried out of sight. 
The author would direct attention, moreover, as settling 
this doubt, to the terminal line (under which the letter A has 
been scratched on the cast) upon the edge of the slab, which, 
being a continuation of the curved line on the face of the stone, 
appears to indicate a completion of the writing in that direc- 
tion. 
The following reading, with which the author has been 
kindly favoured by Mr. Saull (a member of the Society of 
Antiquaries) agrees with others nearly enough to afford in 
itself a sufficient example of the translations I have hitherto 
seen. 
Mr. Saull says, that from the research of antiquarian friends 
‘fully understanding the language, the inscription appears 
to be old Norse,” and the characters ‘‘ almost identical with 
those of an ancient inscription found in Sizland, and figured 
in ‘Hickes’ Thesaurus.’ The two lines show the Runes placed 
foot to foot, the line next the back edge at bottom of the slab 
being the first, and the inscription reading round. The single 
Rune on the lower slab” (this refers to the character in the 
lower line immediately above the channel marked A on the 
cast) “we did not meddle with, as it is so imperfect . . . ; 
it may prove to be the first letter of the first word in the in- 
scription, though that seems complete without it. 
‘The following is the transcript of the inscription, all 
ranged in one line, as better to read :— 
ist Line. 2nd Line. 
INA:LET:LEGIA:ST. | IN:THIASI:AUG;TUKI. 
= Literally : 
Ina let to lay stone this and took... 
Meaning: 
Ina caused this stone to be laid and took... 
