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prefent here in Norfolk : For when Sand enters the 
Compofition in any confidcrabie Proportion, it ren- 
ders the Bricks friable, fofr, and rotten, fubjed to 
be broke or ground to Pieces with the lead Motion 
or Prcffiire. 
I took the exad Dimenfions of feveral of thefe 
Bricks, and found their Length to be 17 Inches, 
or a Roman Foot and Half ; and their Breadth 
it -!■ Inches, or prccifely a Roman'Foox : which I 
think may ferve as fome Proof that the Roman 
Meafures handed down to us by feveral Authors are 
right, and may likewife inform us of the propor- 
tionable Stature of Man at that Time. The Thick- 
nefs of thefe Bricks is 1 T -§ Inch. 
The great Number of Roman Medals that have 
been, and are dill found in and about this Camp, 
are to me a Matter of great Wonder. One Lady 
who lives near the Place, has (I am credibly in- 
formed) picked up at lead an hundred with her own 
Hands, and feveral are daily gathered up by Boys,, 
and fold to Strangers who come to vifit the Place. 
That thefe Pieces have been ufed as Money I think 
exceeding clear, from their different Degrees of Per- 
fection, fome being worn almod quite fmooth, 
others having imperfed Buds without Letters, and 
others again having both the Buds and Infcriptions 
fair and legible, which could not happen, I think, 
but from their different W ear as Money. But then 
how fuch Quantities of them fhould become fcat- 
tered, as if fown, in this and other Roman Stations, 
is a Difficulty I mud leave to thofe better verfed in 
thefe Matters to refolve. 
I fend 
