12 PAPERS, ETC. 



Economic Geology, Jcrmyn St., London, and another in 

 the Library of the Lincoln Diocesan Architectural Society. 

 The inscription is within a raised border, which is exter- 

 nally 20 in. long, 3f in. wide. 



STAFFORDSHIRE. 



A pig of lead was found on Hints Common, three 

 quarters of a mile from the Watling Street, in digging 

 for gravel, four feet below the surface. It appears from 

 the following inscription to have been cast A.D. 76. 

 BIP. VESP. VII. T. IMP. V. COS. 

 It bears the letters DECEA G on one siele, with an inter- 

 val between A and G. These letters are supposed to 

 indicate that it came from the Ceangi, a British tribe.* 

 Compare this with the inscription on the Marquis of 

 Westminster's pig, mentioned below. 



This pig, having belonged formerly to Mr. Green, an 

 apothecary at Lichfield, who died in 1793, is known by 

 his name. From bis possession it passed into that of the 

 Rev. Dr. Webb, Master of Cläre Hall, Cambridge, and on 

 his decease it was purchased by the trustees of the British 

 Museum. Its length is 22inches; its weight 1521b. A 

 cast from it is in the Museum in Jcrmyn Street. 



CHESHIRE. 



No mines of any importance have heen opened in 

 Cheshire, except the salt-mines. Although, therefore, we 

 have satisfactory evidence that Roman pigs of lead have 

 been found in this county, we must suppose them to have 

 been brought from the neighbouring counties, probably 



* Gent. Mag. 1772, p. 558, with a wood-cut, and Feb. 1773, p. 61. 

 Arcliaologia, vol. v., p. 375. Sliaw's Eist, of Staffordsliire, vol. I., p. 331. 



