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space, which I have supposed to be the Forum. A gutter 
very well made of carefully squared stones, and remarkably 
well preserved, runs near the houses on the eastern side of 
the street, which is the only side at present that can be 
explored, it is about a foot deep, and from place to place 
square stones are laid in lozenge fashion, apparently intended 
for stepping stones, when the drain was full of water. "With 
regard to the dwellings of the people they all appear to 
consist of a single story, the walls of which are solidly 
built, and present no appearance of windows, it being evident 
that the lighting had been from the top ; which was the 
more probable seeing that the houses consisted of but one 
story. The houses were warmed by hypocausts, or what has 
hitherto been supposed to be a modern method, namely, hot 
air, the fires probably being of charcoal, though from the 
specimens I have found it is also evident that mineral coal 
had been used. There were indications that considerable 
manufactures had been carried on in Uriconium, amongst 
the rest perhaps that of glass, many articles of which had 
been found of elaborate workmanship and elegant shape, 
which proved the acquaintance of the Romans with the art 
of glass manufacture. Remains of pottery have been dis- 
covered of a different kind to those usually found at other 
places, the colour being white instead of red, which was 
altogether a novelty as regarded Roman pottery. Some of 
the pottery found in the excavations at Uriconium has 
evidently been made of the clay of the Severn valley, and 
was the same as that which is now known as the Broseley 
clay. Several painters' palettes have been found ; and an 
inscribed stamp, which turns out to have been a stamp for 
patent medicines, has been discovered ; a great variety of 
ladies' hair pins and personal ornaments, such as necklaces, 
rings, beads, &c, industrial implements, some weapons of 
war, and a large collection of miscellaneous objects ; of the 
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