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Rather to the north, in a small field, I found there had been 
another small settlement, and there all the implements aiid 
weapons that the people possessed had been abandoned. 
Such is the kind of evidence in all directions, invariably 
leading towards the west, which, probably, may be traced in 
this way until some interior settlement is reached where they 
gained security from the pursuit of their enemies. At 
Bempton I found precisely the same features as at Sewerby. 
There white flint had been entirely used in some fields, and 
gray in others ; and all were abandoned, with no apparent 
cause but deA-astating war, which the people could not resist, 
and therefore fled from their homes, and left the country in 
the hands of their conquerors, whose weapons are nowhere to 
be found. 
In the Paper on Ancient British Coins, read by Mr. 
Evans at your last meeting, he alluded to some historical 
facts in a manner which corroborates my impression, that the 
last people who inhabited Bridlington before the Roman 
invasion were the first people who were acquainted with the 
general use of metals. He said: "As far as I know, the 
Ancient British coins are confined to the South Eastern 
portion of the territory of the Brigantes, and have not been 
found in Lancashire or the counties north of Yorkshire, and 
they certainly do not appear to have derived their coinage 
from the Iceni." 
This confines it to Holderness, in which district Bridling- 
ton is situated. 
I object to the people being confounded with the Brigantes, 
as there can be no doubt that they were Gauls, and known as 
the Parisoi. 
If we couple another historical passage of his to this one, 
it will express the length of time that the people who then 
possessed Bridlington had been there, which agrees with my 
idea of this people having conquered the old inhabitants and 
