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kind. I do not think that it has occurred in Yorkshire before. 
5. Another colander of thicker material, 7Jin. across and 2\ 
deep. 6. A plate, 9 in. wide and l\ deep, with a small cavity 
in the centre with some traces of a handle. 7. A scale howl, 
3J in. across and 1 deep, with the four little rings in the edges 
to which the chains have been fastened. 8. Five bronze rings, 
from 3 J to 2 in. in diameter, and varying in thickness. 9. Part 
of a spur, and four axe heads, all of iron, and of various sizes 
and shapes. The iron is so well preserved that several of the 
axes have been in very recent use. Another axe-head, with a 
hammer at the end, is in the possession of Mr. Grott, and a bronze 
cup, which I have not seen, is in private hands. These objects 
which I have described, constitute the whole of this important 
find that is now in existence. But these unfortunately were not 
all. Through the accidental mistake of a servant a number of 
other objects were consigned to the melting pot. Among these 
were several other 9-inch plates ; some fiat plates with handles, 
somewhat oval in form, and with rims slightly ornamented; 
portions of other basins, dishes, &c., a number of bridle bits; 
a great quantity of iron nails and implements; and among 
them what seemed a fire grate with some four bars. The loss 
of these curiosities is greatly to be regretted, but in the 
remnant the York Museum possesses a series of bronze vessels 
of Eoman use and manufacture, unrivalled in number and 
importance. We have been somewhat doubtful hitherto to 
what race and age these utensils were to be ascribed. From a 
consideration of these objects themselves, and from comparing 
them with others that have subsequently been discovered, it is 
certain, I think, that they are Eoman. There is a network of 
Eoman roads in the neighbourhood of the place where they 
were discovered. Whether they were secreted or lost, it is 
impossible to say. Many of the bronze vessels are patched and 
in decay, and it is probable enough that they were so when 
they were laid in their long resting place. 
In the last number of the Transactions of the United 
Architectural Societies there is a valuable paper upon Eoman 
bronze vessels by Mr. Baker, of Hargrave, Northants. That 
gentleman has much to say about the vessels which Mr. Gott 
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