THE ROMAN WALL IN NORTH BRITAIN. 



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On p. 257 his allusion to a stone altar to Neptune, erected by some 

 legion in grateful memory of a prosperous voyage, reminded him of 

 one of the latest instances of the same showing unchangeable 

 custom. The last time I crossed the Atlantic on the newest Allan 

 liner we were all assembled in the saloon to give thanks (not to 

 Neptune) for a prosperous voyage. 



On p. 258 I see the Prebendary mentions British as contrasted with 

 Anglo-Saxons. The two, Celts and Saxons, are strongly contrasted, 

 and this indeed forms one of the difficulties of three-fourths of Ireland 

 to-day, compared to the peace of the remainder when Celts are few. 

 The lecturer might have added in this district the Danes — distinct 

 from either, with black hair and quick temperaments, whose 

 descendants abound to-day in Carlisle and the neighbourhood. 



At the foot of the page the rut of the chariot wheels worn in the 

 pavement irresistibly reminds me of the similar ruts in the old 

 Koman tesselated pavement, 12 feet below the road under the arch 

 of " Ecce Homo " at Jerusalem. 



On p. 260 Coventina, the local deity of a spring, seems to have 

 been worshipped for two hundred years. 



There is now a distinct recrudescence of the same class of worship. 



The citizenship of Rome is mentioned on the same page, recalling 

 St. Paul, and like him the man may lawfully take wives, " protided 

 one at a time.'' 



It is not surprising that only one touch of Christianity is observed. 

 For a Roman military structure is the last place one would look 

 for it. Northumbria's early Christianity must be looked for else- 

 where, and it should even be remembered that England is the only 

 country it conquered without bloodshed. 



Mr. G. Wilson said : Being a north countryman, and having lived 

 for some years almost within sight of the Roman Wall, I should like 

 to supplement what our lecturer has already told us. 



Among the greatest authorities on the history of the Wall " 

 was the late Dr. Bruce of Newcastle-on-Tyne, a most interesting 

 man, and well known, I imagine, to Prebendary Fox, although he has 

 not mentioned his name. 



There are still some remains of the old Wall to be seen in the City 

 of Newcastle, not far from some of the leading thoroughfares, but 

 requiring to be looked for. 



