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BURIAL OF THE EEMAINS Chap. IV. 



here only 9 inches thick. In some other 

 sections, not copied, we likewise have 



* jgf* 



Mould, 9 inches thick. 



LIght-colonred earth with 

 large pieces of broken 

 tiles, 1 inches. 



Dark,fine-graiDed mbblsb 

 %^ith small bits oi tiles 

 20 inches. 



Concrete, 4 inches. 

 Stucco, 2 inches. 



Made botiom with frag- 

 meuts of tiles, 8 iLChes. 



Finc-ftralned made ground 

 with the debris of oldf r 

 buildings. 



Fig. 12. 

 Section in the centre of the Basilica at Silchester. 



evidence of buildings having been erected 

 over the ruins of older ones. In one case 



