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visited the "Museum Isurianurn," in the garden of the Manor 

 House, where are preserved many of the Roman reliques which 

 have from time to time been dug up within or near the camp. 

 These are too numerous to be recounted, but are mostly of the 

 same character as the Roman remains found in our own neigh- 

 bourhood. Near to this Museum we saw small portions of the 

 wall which surrounded the station. Along pleasantly-shaded 

 roads we proceed to the site of the "Devil's Arrows," three 

 remarkable Druidical monoliths, now standing in grass fields, 

 surrounded with trees and hedgerows. These stone pillars seem 

 to be the remains of a long row, of which only three now remain. 

 We judged the highest to be about twenty -four feet. The 

 middle stone is much the broadest. All of them are much fur- 

 rowed, from the top downwards, evidently by the action of the 

 weather. They are composed of a coarse grit, and are supposed 

 to have been brought from Bramham Moor, west of Harrogate ; 

 but by what contrivance such immense obelisks of stone could 

 in those early days be removed such long distances is beyond 

 conjecture. Their identity with similar stone pillars found in 

 other parts of England and in Brittany is pretty certain, and 

 their connection with the ancient Druidical superstitions and 

 beliefs of the old British race is more than matter of conjecture, 

 but the precise age when these and similar structures were 

 erected will ever be a matter undecided and unknown. After 

 a comfortable dinner at the Crown Hotel our little party left by 

 the last train for Pilmoor Junction, en route for Newcastle, filled 

 with the enjoyment of the rest and pleasure they had experi- 

 enced at this remarkably quiet and classical spot. 



The Fifth Field Meeting, at Grilsland, on Sept. 10th, was 

 but thinly attended, the unsettled weather previous to the day 

 of meeting having no doubt influenced the attendance, but the 

 day was as fine as could be wished for, and the little party 

 wended their way towards Bird Oswald, between banks still 

 covered with autumnal flowers freshened by the recent rains. 

 The usual exploration was made of this celebrated and well- 

 visited camp, and the glorious view into Cumberland and along 



