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bold. There have been Four other Letters on the 
Side of each of them, whereabouts 1 have made the 
Four Dots in the Draught, but they are grown fo 
obfcure, that I cannot dilcover them with any Cer- 
tainty. They feem to have been B. N. I. G. . . . 
The great Roman Caufeway leading from Aid- 
borough, in this Neighbourhood, into Lancashire, pafles 
within a little Way of the Place where the Leads 
were found. There have been no Lead-Mines, as 
far as can be known, within fome Miles of it : But a 
Countryman informs me of a large Rock, about half 
a Mile from it, on the Top of which there is an Im- 
prefilon fimilar to either of the Leads, only fo much 
larger as to admit of a Pan, wherein they might be 
fmelted, if in fo early Time they knew the modern 
Art of fmelting by the Air. As yet, 1 have not had 
an Opportunity of viewing this Rock ; fo that this I 
have only from Hearfay, though I believe it is credible 
enough. 
Thefe, Sir, are all the Particulars it feems proper 
to trouble you with concerning thefe Pieces of Lead. 
I fhould only fhew my Ignorance and Impertinence, 
if I did not leave it to the learned and curious Mem- 
bers of your Society, to determine the Original and 
Defign of them : Only give me Leave to obferve, that 
Camden mentions Twenty Pieces of Lead of this 
kind, found in Cheflire, Part of them with this In- 
fcription, Imp. Domit. Aug. Ger. De. Ceang 
Camden’s Britan. Fol. Edit. p. 679. And more- 
over, that among the Duke of Banna’s Medals, pub- 
lifbed by c Paolo Pedruji \ I do not find any (truck in 
the Seventh Confulate of Domitian , but what have 
the Addition of Divi Filins , or the like. That 
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