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panied the draught, was as follows : <l They were 
,c found in February 1734, one foot and half under- 
lt ground, on Hayfhaw Moor, belonging to Sir 
“ John Ingilby, baronet, in the manor of Dacre, 
u near Pateley bridge, in the Weft Riding of York- 
“ fhire. The weight of each peice is one hun- 
£t dred, one quarter, and fixteen pounds.” The 
form of them, as likewife two Roman infcriptions 
impreffed on them in relief, will appear by the 
draught annexed to this paper, and reduced to half 
the fize of the original (Tab. xxiv.). The larger 
infcription, which is placed on the top, may be thus 
read in words at length : 
Imperatcre Caefare Domitiano Augufto , Confute vn. 
And the leffer, on the ftde : 
Brigantum. 
When this draught came hrft before the Society, I 
took the liberty of faying, that I apprehended thofe 
peices of lead were part of the tax, which at that time 
was paid to the Romans out of the lead mines in Bri- 
tain. The reafons for which opinion I now beg 
leave to offer more at large (2). 
(2) Since this paper was writen, I have found, that another 
draught of thofe peices of lead, with a breif account of them, had 
formerly been communicated to the Society, not long after they 
were difcovered ; and publifhed in their Trarfaftions^ Vol. XLI. 
Num. 459. p. 560. That account differs very little from this, ei- 
ther as to the form, dimenfions, and weight of the two peices of 
lead ; or the time, and place, of their difcovery. But no attempt 
is there offered to explain the defign, for which they were made. 
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