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ON liOMAN KEMAIXS AT SOUTH SHIELDS, 



wall must have been thirty feet at least, nearly that extent being 

 still in one piece when it was uncovered by the excavations, and 

 numerous loose stones, which had broken off, in or after the fall 

 lying on the margin. The outline of the wall when uncovered 

 was irregular, and it was not easy to conclude where windows 

 or doors had been. It was evident there had been none in the 

 portion which lay unbroken, but the writer thought the appear- 

 ance not inconsistent with a window at the south-east portion as 

 it lay on the ground, and a door towards the north-west portion. 

 Near the eastern edge of the wall, on the floor of the forum, 

 was found the keystone of an arch, ha'S'ing sculptured on it in 

 relief the head of a bull. Bos longifrotis, exactly similar to many 



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Bkulls of that animal which wore found in the Station with evi- 

 dent marks of the butcher's axe upon them. A Woodcut (No. 5) 

 of this keystone is here inserted, on account of its interest, 

 both archocologically and zoologically. Tt had suffered much 



