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the foundation of the Roman colony there. After the Punic wars it became the 
chief route to the East, Brundusium being the usual port of embarkation. As 
far as Beneventum its course is certain, and considerable remains of it exist; 
but beyond this town there is considerable doubt about its course, and a careful 
examination on the spot of the possible routes was not sufficient to give cer- 
tainty. From a point shortly before Venusia its line is once more fairly clear, 
but almost all traces of it have been obliterated by one of the great sheep 
tracks, known as ¢ratturi, which traverse this portion of Italy. There is also 
considerable doubt about the route taken by Horace between Beneventum and 
Canusium; beyond the latter town, if not before, it coincided with the later 
Via Traiana, constructed by the emperor whose name it bears. There are hardly 
any traces of it left, however, except in the mountainous region between 
Beneventum and Aece (mod. Troia), and in the valleys of two rivers south of 
Foggia, where considerable remains of its bridges exist. 
In the neighbourhood of Bari, in the territory traversed by the Via Traiana, 
are the only dolmens and menhirs to be found in Italy, except the group in 
the Terra d’Otranto, the extremity of the heel, and a somewhat unexpected 
discovery was that of a group of four hitherto unknown menhirs close to the road. 
6. The Aqueducts of Ancient Rome. By T. Asusy, M.A., D.Litt. 
The principal supplies of water for ancient Rome were derived from the upper 
valley of the Anio. The second of the aqueducts in point of date, constructed 
in 272-269 B.c., drew its water and its name (Anio. Vetus, the old Anio) from the 
river itself ; while the third, the Aqua Marcia, built in 144-140 B.c., made use of 
some very considerable springs on the right bank of the river, which gushed 
forth from beneath the limestone rock. During the following century use was 
made of various springs in the more immediate neighbourhood of the city, of 
which the Aqua Virgo was the most important; but Caligula’s engineers 
returned to the Anio Valley, and the Aqua Claudia and Anio Novus, both com- 
pleted by Claudius in a.p. 52, drew their water respectively from the springs 
which the Marcia had already tapped, and from the river. The remains of these 
four aqueducts are very considerable, and comparatively little known; and by 
careful research on the spot it has been possible to determine their course with 
fair accuracy from the springs to the city, even in the portion where they ran 
underground through the lower slopes of the Alban Hills: for here their 
presence is betrayed by the remains of the shafts which were used for ventilation 
and for cleaning, and by the fragments of calcareous deposit which were removed 
from their channels. Inasmuch, however, as they travel close together it would 
be very desirable that the remains should be accurately levelled; a certain 
amount of excavation would be necessary, and the enterprise may, it is to be 
hoped, one day be undertaken by the Italian authorities. 
7. Excavations at the Hill Fort in Parc-y-Meirch Wood, Kinmel Park, 
Abergele. By WirLouaHpy GARDNER.—See Report on Excavations 
on Roman Sites in Britain, p. 231. 
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 15. 
The following Papers were read :— 
1. The Orientation of the Dead in Indonesia.t By W. J. Perry, B.A. 
The table which is printed below shows at once the aim of the practice of 
orientation. It will be seen that in all the cases quoted—which are all that 
* To be published in Journ, 2, Anthrop. Inst. 
