94 On Pilgrims’ Signs found in Salisbury. 
recorded the facts that came under his notice. He excels as a 
describer, and all his accounts of the animals which he noted, are 
clearly and truthfully drawn up. He avoided wordiness, yet his 
descriptions are never so brief as to be obscure. 
“T have had occasion chiefly to test the observations of Montagu 
in cases where Marine Animals were concerned, and have been 
astonished at the extent, variety, and minuteness of his researches. 
He laboured, morever, at a time when there were few persons who 
took an interest in Marine Zoology, or who cared to investigate the 
structure and habits of Sub-marine Animals in their native haunts. 
Montagu, however, did not shrink from his work because he met 
few companions, or found little sympathy. He steadily pursued 
his chosen task, and laid the foundation of that thorough investi- 
gation of the Natural History of the British seas, which now forms 
so distinctive and appropriate a feature of the science of our 
country. 
“For my own part, I have derived the greatest benefit from the 
works and essays of Montagu, and am now happy to be able to 
record my acknowledgments to one of the most eminent practical 
Naturalists of his age.” 
On Pilgrims’ Signa found in Salisbury. 
By J. Y. AKERMAN, F.S.A. 
The objects engraved in the accompanying plate belong to the 
extensive collection of mediseval relics formed by Mr. E. W. Brodie, 
during the recent excavations for sewerage in the City of Salisbury. 
Pilgrims’ signs appear to have met with undeserved neglect, 
until they were brought under the notice of the Antiquary by 
Mr. Roach Smith, who, in his Collectanea Antiqua,' has engraved 
and described several varieties. The poverty of the material of 
which they are composed, may, in some measure, account for this, 
although their devices might have invited research and enquiry. 
1 Vol. I, p. 81, and vol. II, p. 43. 
