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ings, in the form of a long fquarc, which in the 
plan is marked with the letter h. The foundations 
of fome of thefe buildings were dill pretty intire, 
and the depth of them from wall to wall was found 
to be about twenty feven feet, and the breadth about 
dxteen, which it is not improbable may be the re- 
mains of the antient forum. But between the let- 
ters / and k there appeared the foundation of fome 
larger dru£lure, confiding of free done three feet in 
thicknefs. And at k there feemed to be the pe- 
dedal or foundation of an altar, by the great quan- 
tity of alhes and wood coals burnt, that lay round 
about it. What remained was about three feet in 
hight, four in length, and three in breadth. It con- 
fided of large Roman bricks, one of which dug up 
intire, and communicated to me by Dr. Collet , is 
feventeen inches and a half Jong, twelve and a half 
broad, and two and a half thick > which accompa- 
nies this paper. 
At the letter / was found the done with the in- 
feription upon it mentioned above. And upon fur- 
ther fearch Mr. Stair has fince dug up within two 
feet of the fame place, and about four feet under 
ground, a lquare copper frame, compofed of feveral 
mouldings, and its fides foldered together, three of 
which are yet intire, but part of the fourth is broken. 
This frame inclofcd a border of the fame metal, one 
fide of which is dill preferved. The weight of them 
together is forty feven pounds; but the thicknefs of 
the frame varies in different parts from one fourth 
of an inch to much lefs, and the border is more 
than one eighth of an inch thick. Each fide of the 
frame 
