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pafled into Greece ; from Greece to Rome (x), and from Rome to Bri- 

 tain, into the palaces of princes, the flate-rooms and tents of ge- 

 nerals, the facred temples, magnificent therm*, and other places 

 of elegance and pleafure. The Balneum and Lithojlroton, accord- 

 ing to Varro (y), made a compleat and elegant villa. Baths and 

 iazzas were firft introduced here by Agricola f 



Mr. Shaftoe hath two fmall Roman mill-ftones found at this fta-- 

 tion, one of rag-Hone, the other factitious, of potters work, of a 

 bluim-am colour. The Romans, as well as the jeaflern nations, 

 the ^Egyptians and Jews, put their captives and Haves to the em- 

 ploy of grinding corn, who were placed />fl/? molas (a). 



A fmall gulofum fcllle, or drinking-cup, of Roman pottery, was 

 alfo digged up, and in pofleffion of Mr. Shaftoe, but now loft. 



The neck and handle of a cruife, of brown pottery, unglazed, 

 was found at the fame time. 



Mr. Horjley has taken notice of a fine urn found in that part of 

 the ftation, called Chapel-hill (b) ; where large foundations of 

 buildings have lately been turned up for the fake of the. {tones, 

 but no more urns or curiofities of value found. 



Though the Roman urns were depofited by their temples and 

 military ways in cefpititious mounts, yet they were not: placed ; 

 at any great depth below the furface. 



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(x) The firft at Rome in the Temple of Fortune, laid. by Sylla, 170 years tefare our SavU i 

 cur. Spin's Rtferches curieufes. 



(y) De Re Ruftica. lib. 3. (z) Tadt. dgricola. c, 21. 



(a) Thu-efifs Topogr. (b) Brit. Rom. p. 21-3. 



