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place would be spending time in conjecture. The spot, T think, 
could not be a Eoman camp, because it is commanded by hills 
on two sides ; nor does it show the least traces of intrench- 
ments ; nor can I suppose that it was a Eoman town, because 
I have too good an opinion of the taste and judgment of those 
polished conquerors to imagine that they would settle on so 
barren and dreary a waste. 
TROTTON CHtmCH. 
