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cultivators of our national antiquities. And last, only 

 because he was the last who ceased to shed abroad in 

 the world the light of his antiquarian and historical 

 knowledge, must be named that careful investigator 

 of one very important branch of our national anti- 

 quities, the early roads and other earth-works which 

 are scattered in such rich abundance over the surface 

 of this island, the Rev. Mr. Leman, a founder and 

 original trustee of this Institution, who has marked 

 his sense of its usefulness and permanency by making 

 its library the depositary of many volumes of genea- 

 logical collections in his own neat and beautiful hand, 

 and many scattered but precious notices of various 

 English antiquities. Few are the works in English 

 topography that have appeared in his time that have 

 not owed something to the assistance, ever so kindly 

 rendered, of Mr. Leman. 



IV. We proceed lastly to the class of those who 

 have contributed rather to the amusement than to the 

 solid information of the age, — those whose aim has 

 been rather to delight than instruct, or who have 

 instructed while they seemed only intent on delighting. 



It was long ago observed that where the infirm 

 seek health, those who are well will seek amusement. 

 We see the truth of the observation. Bath has from 

 the earliest period to which we can ascend in our 



