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terminate in " cott," or " cote," I should have expected a number 

 of villas to have been discovered at them, but such as yet has not 

 been the case. It may, however, be useful to suggest that 

 enquiries be made with this view. 



Such, as far as I am at present able to pourtray it, was " Roman 

 Derbyshire." That much has been omitted, and that errors may 

 have been made in my papers, is only what may be expected. 

 These shortcomings I would, however, ask the Society to look 

 over, bearihg only in mind that I have honestly attempted to deal 

 with the subject, however imperfectly. My hope is that others 

 may be encouraged still further to develop the history and topo- 

 graphy of the county, in that remote past of the Roman era. 



