144 BACON. 



Here there is ample food for the archae- 

 ologist, particularly in the small tower 

 or entrance, which gives evidence of a 

 date far anterior to that of Elizabeth. 

 The ordinary observer might place its 

 erection in the time of our Norman 

 kings, but he would be at a loss to 

 account for two Roman medallions on 

 each side of the building (one of a 

 Ca3sar), in excellent preservation, unless 

 he knew that they had since been dis- 

 covered in the neighbouring ruins of 

 Verulam, and purposely placed there. 



My companion then pointed out the room 

 which the great chancellor generally oc- 

 cupied, when pursuing his studies after his 

 retirement from Court ; when that mighty 

 mind threw open the doors of knowledge, 

 and founded a system of philosophy that 

 has obtained through each succeeding 

 generation, and has been of more be- 

 nefit to his country and mankind than 



