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VI* ^art of (I Lettcy from l/r. Ralph' Thoresby, 
F, S. to Dr, Hans Sloane, Reg. Soc. Seer. 
concerning fomt Roman Antiquities found in York- 
fhire • and a Storm of Thunder^ Lightnings and 
^iriy that happen d there ^ Auguft j, 1708. 
Leeds, September 18, 1708. 
Honoured Sir, ^ 
I F there had been any legible inferiptions upon any 
of the three Roman Monuments fent me fome 
Months ago from our Adellocim, you had then heard 
from me : One of thefe has been evidently an Altar 
having the -Difeus or Hearth very plain upon the top I 
another I defire your Opinion of, for tho’ it be made 
Ifrictly in the form of an Altar in all other refpefis, it 
wants the Difeus or Lanx upon the top, and I have 
never yet feen Altar without one, and it feems too 
fmall, f being but eighteen Inches high and fix broad J 
for a Commemorative Monument', the three Rolls or 
Wreaths upon the top are fo entire, that it is plain 
there never was any thing elfe wrought upon it ; Now 
whether any of the Roman Ar^^ or Altaria, were 
made without a Difeus or Hearth, is what I dofire to 
know. 
The nioie immediate occafion of this is to acQuaint 
you with fome of the eff'edfs of a late Storm of Thunder, 
^ Lightning, and violent Rain, which happened the ctli 
day of the laft Month. I was then at the Sqaw at Har- 
rorv-gate, near Kjiaresbrough ^ where having a fpacious 
yicw upon the open ForreR, I obferved the Motion of 
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