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Carthaginians^ only^ however, a restoration of the original, 
made by Claudius or Vespasian; lots used in divination, 
tickets of admission to gladiatorial shows, sling-stones inscribed 
with the significant words ym* (strike), accipe (take this), and 
many others. 
May 3rd. —The Rev. J. Kenrick exhibited a photograph 
of an altar lately discovered in Weardale, not far from 
Stanhope. It is inscribed Deo Silvano Aurelius Quirinus 
P.R.F. Aurelius Quirinus, as we learn from two inscriptions 
preserved at Durham and found at the Roman Station of 
Lanchester, was Prsefect of the second Cohort of the Lingones, 
the same which we know from an inscription to have been 
stationed at Ilkley. The wild country at the head of Weardale 
seems to have been a favourite hunting-ground with the 
officers of the garrison of Lanchester. In the rectory at 
Stanhope an inscription is preserved, dedicated also to 
Silvanus, in which one of them expresses his gratitude to the 
god for the capture of a noble boar, which had eluded all his 
predecessors. Quirinus commanded at Lanchester in the reign 
of Gordian III., a.d. 238—244. 
The Rev. J. Kenrick then read a paper on the inscribed 
tablet of Dhiban, known as the Moabite stone, which was 
printed at full length and circulated with the Report for 1869. 
June 7th. —The Secretary having announced a legacy of 
shells from the late Mrs. Penelope Osborne, of Stonefall, near 
Harrogate, Mr. North observed that these shells would very 
materially enrich their collection in that department. The 
specimens were very beautiful, and such as rarely fell into the 
hands of collectors of shells. Foreign shells were exceedingly 
difficult to meet with. 
The Rev. Canon Hey remarked that the two cases of 
butterflies before them came from a very old friend of the 
society (Mr. Hewitson), who was formerly connected with 
York. Being engaged in arranging the foreign lepidoptera in 
the Museum, he sent Mr. Hewitson 150 unnamed specimens 
for the purpose of being named, and Mr. Hewitson sent him 
