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Ilf, An sic count of fome Antiquities found 
in Cornwall : In a Letter from the Rev. 
William Borlafe, M. A. F. R. S. to the 
Rev. Charles Lyttelton^ L.L.D. Dean 
of Exeter. 
Rev. Sir, 
Ludgvan, Dec. 4. 1758'. 
Read Jan 
*759 
: ‘"A' 
S I know the pleafure, which every 
branch of ancient literature gives 
you-, I fhould not excufe myfelf, if I did not com- 
municate to you a late diicovery of Roman antiqui- 
ties in thefe wefternmoft parts of Britain. 
In the year 1756 a farmer at Boffens, in the parifli 
of St. Erth, driving his oxen from the field, per- 
ceived the foot of one of them to fink a little deeper 
than ordinary into the earth at A,p%. 8. ( See Tab. I.) 
Curiofity, and the hopes of treafure, led him foon 
after to fearch the place ; where was foon difcovered 
a perpendicular pit, circular, of two feet and half di- 
ameter. Digging to the depth of 1 8 feet, there was 
found a Roman patera (fig. 1. & 2.) : about 6 feet 
deeper, the jug, fig. 3 : near by, among the rubbifh, 
the ftone, fig. 4 ; a fmall millftone, about 1 8 inches 
diameter : then another patera, with two handles, in 
other particulars of the fhape and iize as fig. 2. but 
unfortunately miflaid, and not now to be found.. 
Intermixed with thefe were found fragments of horns, 
bones of feveral fizes, half-burnt flicks, and many 
pieces of leather, feemingly fhreds of worn-out (hoes. 
Having funk to the depth of 36 feet, they found the 
bottom 
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