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and the manufactures which were evidently carried on in the 
Roman period. 
The explorations are very far at present from being 
completed, the great desideratum is the pecuniary means 
for doing this, and it is much to be hoped that Government 
will make a grant towards carrying on the excavations. 
A grant has recently been made for similar operations at 
Carthage, which does not possess half the attractions of 
Uriconium, which promises to rival Pompeii itself. I would 
strongly recommend any of those who hear me, and who 
may happen to be in the neighbourhood of Shrewsbury, to 
pay a visit to the ruins of Uriconium. 
In a discussion which followed the reading of the paper, 
Mr. O'Callaghan suggested that instead of the building, 
which had been described as a Basilica, being such, it was 
probably a military parade-ground under cover, and its 
construction evidently suggested such an explanation. 
Mr. "Wright said it was difficult to speculate upon the 
character of a building when the remains were but little 
more than a few inches in height. He would, therefore, 
leave that question open until further discoveries threw light 
upon the matter. 
Mr. Hunt said that he was not surprised to hear that glass 
had been found at Uriconium, inasmuch as its manufacture 
was known to the ancients ; and he believed that it was 
the same with regard to many other supposed modern dis- 
coveries. The coal which had been found was, so far as he 
could judge, the outcrop at Colbrookdale ; and its disco v cry 
was conclusive with regard to the disputed question as to 
their having been acquainted with it. 
