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Scotic element in the population of both districts, in the age to which 

 they belong. 



The inscriptions of these districts are of two distinct types : 1 . The 

 Roman ; 2. The Celtic. The former written horizontally, the latter 

 vertically ; the former usually presenting traces of Christian influence. 



1. The ancient inscriptions of Reman character, in Wales and 

 Cornwall, written horizontally, are the following : — 



HIC (IN PA) CE MVLIER (?) REQVIEVIT — 



cvxande hic (in) tvmvlo iacit vlxit annos xxxiii. Hayle, Cornwall. 



SERYATVR EIDJEI PATRIEQ, SEMPER AM ATOP 

 HIC PAVLINVS IACIT CVLTOR PIENTISIMVS -EQYI. 



Pant y Polion, Caermarthenshire. 



P CARAVSIVS HIC IACET SVB HOC CONGERIES LAPIDVM. Penmachno. 



senacvs prsb hic iacit cym mvltitvdinem fratrvm. Cefn Amwlch. 

 veraciys pbr hic iacit. Ibid. These three in Caernarvonshire. 



HIC BEATVS (EPISCOPVS) SATURNINVS SE(PVLTYS IA)CIT ET SYA SA(NCTA) 



conivx pa(vlina). Llansadwrn, Anglesey. 



HIC IN TVMVLO IACIT ROSTECE FILIA PATERNINI AN nos VI ixit XIII IN PACE. 



Llanervil, Montgomeryshire. 

 I would compare these with the following in Scotland : — 



A ET W }) HIC 1ACENT SCI ET PRAECIPVI SACERDOTES ID_EST VTVENTIVS ET 



maiorivs. Kirkmadrine, Wigtonshire. 



— set florentivs. Ibid. 



These resemble the Caernarvonshire stones, and form a class by 

 themselves. 



in oc tvmvlo iacit vetta F yicti. Kirkliston, Lothian. 



I treat these as quite distinct from the characteristic monuments 

 of these districts, rude unhewn pillars, on which the inscription is 

 written vertically downwards, and which show no traces of religious 

 or ecclesiastical influence, if we except the following, the only con- 

 necting links between the two typical classes : — 



P senilvs hic iacit. S. Just, Cornwall. 



s (filivs ) cvri in hoc tymvlo. Abercar, Brecknockshire. 



torivs . hic in ttjmvlo iacit homo : 



piANVS fyit. Trawsfynydd, Merionethshire. 



The resemblance in diction to the Hayle monument is very striking, 

 and the final clause seems to mark Porius' profession as quite excep- 

 tional. 



