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pieces of stone lie here on the floor of this court, left 
unfinished by the stonemasons, as though repairs and altera- 
tions in the buildings were going on at the very moment of 
the final catastrophe. The western and southern sides of 
the square occupied by the buildings belonging to the baths 
were formed by a wide gallery, or cloister, no doubt the 
ambulatory, which was considered as an important part of the 
public baths of the Romans. There was also a large space 
without any indications of buildings, which suggested the 
idea it might have been the garden, which was also usually 
connected with the same establishments by the Romans. 
Adjoining the Baths, on the north, was an oblong building 
presumed to have been the Basilica, or Town Hall, where 
the public business was transacted. This is 220 feet long, the 
exact length of that of Pompeii. In close proximity is a 
wide space, believed to have been the Forum of Uriconium, 
which from its peculiar form may have been used for athletic 
exercises, as well as for other purposes ; and it is rather 
remarkable that the Basilica held here the same place in 
regard to the Forum as at Pompeii. The Basilica abutted 
into the principal or Watling Street, but not so the baths, 
for the space between the latter and the Forum is occupied 
by buildings, which have apparently been quite independent 
of the baths. One of these is supposed to have been 
the Market place, or an establishment of store-houses and 
shops. It was entered by a large doorway, approached 
by an inclined plane, and by a foot entrance with 
worn steps on each side. Within was a series of small 
square rooms, and on the eastern side a sort of gallery with 
recesses ; the place was strewn about with bones of animals, 
many of them cut or sawn, as though they had been used 
for different manufacturing purposes. 
Another building, parallel with the market, which is 
now undergoing exploration, presents some rather singular 
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