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bones of animals cart loads had been taken up, varying 
from the deer and the ox, to rats and mice, and among 
them bones of several extinct species of animals. Several 
human skulls have also been discovered in that portion 
of the town which lies on the east bank of the Severn, 
which presented a singular deformity, one side being 
apparently more prominent than the other ; but whether 
this arose from accidental or natural causes, it was 
difficult to determine. The malformation of a number of 
skulls has led to the supposition that they had belonged to 
the assailants of the town ; inasmuch as it was well known 
that many of the barbarous tribes that assisted in the 
overthrow of the Roman empire, were in the habit of 
disfiguring the heads of their infants, in order, it was 
thought, that they might present a more terrible appearance 
to their enemies. This is not quite the case, the anatomists, 
&c, who decided rather in a hurry, are all changing their 
opinion, 
Altogether, the discoveries add much to our knowledge as 
to what was the economy of a Roman town in England, what 
was the period at which the town of Uriconium was destroyed, 
and what was the manner. With regard to the destruction 
of the town, the skeletons which were found about the 
streets, and which included those of women and children, 
showed that they had been murdered ; and the charred 
remains which had been found — among other things of 
wheat — showed that the town had been burnt. Then a 
quantity of coins that had been discovered, were of a 
date posterior to the Roman occupation of the island ; 
and had evidently been made in the first half of the fifth 
century, which would show the date of the destruction of the 
town. With regard to the economy of the town, not only 
had they discovered much with reference to public matters, 
but also with respect to the domestic economy of the people, 
