MY GARDEN. 



future time we may hope that they will be uncovered, and that the 

 landowner, Mr. Beddington, may preserve them, that they may show 

 to our children, and .our children's children, the Roman occupancy of 

 this part of the country. 



There is reason to suppose that another Roman house existed, as 

 many fragments of Roman vessels were found at a short distance from 

 the first building. 



In the debris of the Roman house was found an instrument (fig. 7) 

 the use of which no English antiquary could determine ; and 

 no such thing is in the collection at the British Museum. I 

 forwarded a drawing of it to M. d'Agiout at Naples. He 

 consulted M. le commandeur Fiorelli, director, M. le comman- 

 deur Minervini, and M. le chevalier Nicolini, secretary, of the 

 unrivalled Museum of Roman Antiquities. These gentlemen, 

 by a careful comparison with the small bronzes, discovered that 

 it agreed with a part of a game found at Herculaneum, some- 

 what like the " Jeu de Marelle," which was much played by 

 the ancient Romans when they travelled, or when they were 

 confined to the house. The object found at Beddington was 

 the large piece of the game, in the form designed for the 



FIG. 7 . use of travellers. It must be regarded as a very interesting 

 addition to the Roman objects found in Great Britain. 



On the irrigation fields the following Roman coins were found by 



the workmen : 







1. Commodus (second brass) ; extremely corroded. 



2. Constantine period. Obv. Head, to the right, of Rome or Constantinople ; 

 Rev. Victory. 



3. Constantine period. (Constantius ?) Much 

 worn. 



4. Constantine period (fig. 8). Obv. Head of 

 Rome, Urbs Roma ; Rev. Romulus and Remus ; 

 Mint mark, T R (Treves). 



5. Allectus. Obv. Head of Allectus, to left, FlG - 8 - 

 ALLECTUS; Rev. Galley, L A E T I T I A A u G, struck at Colchester. 



6. A coin of Carausius ? He reigned in Britain A.D. 287. 

 7 and 8. Roman coins not identified at present. 



