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The Roman Villa at Box. 



everything having doubtless been grubbed up by the owner who 

 considered them a "perfect nuisance" and "impediments to 

 vegetable growth." 



The villa, thus partly exposed by the various excavations that 

 have taken place on its site, must have been one of very considerable 

 size,, as it measured at least 174 feet from east to west and 216 feet 

 from north to south. 



It was built on the courtyard plan ; but whether the south side 



