294 REMARKS ON THE LAW OF STORMS. 
STAT : AGRIP Stat[iz] Agrip- 
PINAK CON pine, con- 
IVGIS MO jugis Mo- 
DI IVSTI LEG difi] Justi, leg[ati] 
AVG: PR: PR Aug[usti], Pr[o] Pr[zetore], 
CONSVLIS Consulis, 
SPEGVLATO Speculato- 
RES ET res et 
BENEFICIARI Beneficiari(i].} 
In Mommsen’s Inscript. Neapolit. n. 5274, we also find the names 
Modius Justus. 
REMARKS ON THE LAW OF STORMS, AS SET FORTH IN 
A TRACT PUPLISHED BY RICHARD BUDGEN, IN THE 
YEAR 1730. 
BY THE REY. C. DADE; M.A. 
Read before the Canadian Institute, March 26th, 1849. 
Among the “Curiosities of Literature’ may justly be reckoned the 
numerous family of Tracts, especially those of a bygone age. These — 
« Sibylline leaves,” as they may be called, take a wide range, for there 
is scarcely a branch of human learning which they leave untouched. 
The theologian, the physician, the lawyer, the historian, may find in 
them much valuable metal amidst a heap of dross and refuse, The 
philosopher may detect the rude germ and faint lmeaments of many 
a theory confirmed and illustrated by the labours of a succeeding 
generation, and the practical operator may discover projects and in- 
ventions appropriated perhaps, without scruples, by those who have 
reaped where they never sowed. They rescue from oblivion remark- | 
able persons and events, throw light upon the manners aud customs 
of our forefathers, relieve the generalization of history by presenting 
life-like pictures of a bygone age; and we have seen of what signal 
service they have been made to render in the hands of a consummate 
master, by elucidating many a dark passage of the annals of our 
country. The collection, therefore, and preservation of these ‘ dis- 
