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SIR, 
IHave noticing fo much worth returning as an account of my hi\ 
Journey into NordumherUnd on the i8th and 19th of this iniiant. 
found Watlingftreet very vifible from'near Ebche/ierzlmoil to Corbrid^f, 
^^hich is about Jevcn miles : here beyond expedlation I met with this 
•^Itar markedTab.2. a.I drew both fides of it,b. and c. as well as I could j 
^n the top it is hollow at leafl eight inches deep : the Infcription is all 
legible except the Iccond and lad letters in the firft line, thelecond and 
third in the third line, and the third in thelaft, which area little doubt- 
ful the Altar is at prefent in the Church-yard, it has been there a long 
time. • 
The Fragment d. I found in the front of a Houfe in the lame Town , 
it is ftill lufi^cient tofliew the real value which ought to have been fet 
upon the Infcription, if it had been entire: I was very Itrfible at firrt 
view that HiRory would receive fome light from this, if perfe6l ; and in 
order to retrieve the remaining part (which lam perfwaded is ftill bu- 
ried in the Ruins) I proffered any reafonable gratification to whofoevcr 
would undertake to procure it for me, but had the ungrateful anfwer, 
that the perfon who found this being dead, no other body could goto 
the place where it w^as formerly digged up. This, Sir, plainly fhews the 
irretrievable lois Learning luftains by theduggifh neglect of Ibme men. 
From hence I travell'd upon this Street aiinoh 10 Rcfngham ; it is 
very vifible all this way 5 about a mile South from Refmgham there is a 
Pillar of about ejght foot in length, which has (tood by the way fide, 
but is now fallen : At this Place I was fhewn the Infcription c. in a 
Wall on theinfide of a Houfe : I got a Medal which was found here a 
year ago, 'tis a Brafs one, the Emperors name worn out, AVG PIVS 
very legible, but by the figures of other Medals I take it to be Antcmnu^i 
on the Reverfe a Wolf, 'without any lufcription. 
^ The next Roman Town I vifited was Rochefier ; Watlingflrett is xtxj 
vifible fome part of it, but how far T cannot tell, not having traced it. 
I found the Altar f. near this place. I cannot fay thisisthe largeft, but 
think it has been one of the befi fortified Places the Romms\z\rt been Ma- 
kers of in the North : and indeed it fiood in need of being fo, fince it 
was not only a Frontier Town^ but, zsMaeJhicht is at prefeilt, was fur* 
rounded by Enemies. 
From this Place I returned to the Roman Wall at Carroififi^ between 
which zndWahich the Wall has been repaired, and fronted with its old 
Stones again,upon which I found the Infer iptions Tab. 2. No i. 2. 3. 4. 
.Thefe,tho of imall moment,! took pains to copy and tranfmit to you, 
being a thing (to me) new : and I doubt not but it's pcjCfible to meet with 
many more of this nature, when I have an opportunity pffpetiding a 
little more time than I had at colle(3;ing thefc 5 which 1 intend as foon 
as bufinefs permits. 
As to the report of uncommon' Plants growing on or near the 
Wall, I find it ground lefs, milefs fome arc pleas'd to think th^ Saxi- 
frage alba radmgranulofa IB to be fiich- but I can afTure you that it is 
not at all uncoiiimon in our Northern Climate. I make bold to fub- 
fcri be my felf 
■Stochon, May 2^. 1 70 2. ~ Totir m oft obliged Servant, 
Chrif. Hunter, 
