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III. A Letter from the Rgv J Mr. $. Kirkfhaw to 
William Sloane, Efq$ F. R. S. concerning 
*T?wo Pigs of Lead, found near Ripley, with 
this Infcription on them> Imp. C^es. Do 
mitiano Aug. Cos. vH. 
Ripley near Barrowbridge, 
Hon * SIR > T)ec. 15. 1735. 
I Beg your kind Acceptance of the Inclofed : It is a 
Draught of One of the Two Pieces of Lead, now 
in the Pofleflion of Sir John Ingilby> Bart, of this 
Place, which were found, in January laft, on Hayfbaw - 
Moore , Two Miles South of Bat ley - Bridge, a fmall 
Market Town in this Neighbourhood, by a Country- 
man, whofe Horfe’sFoot flipping into a Hole covered 
with Ling, he difmounted, and, thrufting his Stick 
into the Hole, perceived fomething hard, and of the 
Sound of Metal 5 and, by digging, found thefe Two 
Pieces of Lead, (landing upright, and near each other, 
about Two Foot under-ground. They are of the 
fame Shape and Dimenfions, and have the fame In- 
fcription. One of them weighs Eleven Stone, the 
other Eleven Stone and One Pound. The Dimenfions 
I have marked at the End of this Letter; the Draught 
[Tab. II. Fig. 1.3 is as juft a one, as any Pcrfon I could 
meet with in the Country, and at this Time of Year, 
could take. The Infcription is fuch as is upon the 
Leads, to a great Exaflnefs, infomuch that every 
Irregularity of the Letters is noted : Only it may not 
be amifs to add, that the Letters are raifed, and very 
bold. 
