not in a state wMcli admitted of its removal. I liave no doubt that 
Mr. Skaife is right in supposing that this Homan sepulchral stone 
had been used in the construction of a wall connected with the 
convent of Benedictine nuns which stood in Clementhorpe, as 
indicated on his accurate and beautiful map. Several fragments of 
Homan inscrij)tions have been found built into walls in York; one 
may still be seen in the wall of All Saints’ Church, North-street. 
The one discovered by Mr. Skaife is evidently a memorial by a 
mother, Yitellia Procula, to a child. The portion distinctly legible 
reads, ‘Yitellia Procula Mater P. P. P. i. e. propria pecunia fecit,’ 
or, perhaps, 'pro pietate, a more sentimental interpretation. The 
letters A. M., which close the last line, are in a character so 
different from the rest of the inscription that they can hardly be of 
the same age. The first line is imperfect, and probably in the 
original state of the stone was preceded by another containing the 
name of the son, for we read the letters PIL at the beginning ; and 
if we suppose that they were followed by Y for vixit, of which there 
are traces, then the remaining letters of the line may be read 
An. XIII., the age of the deceased. 
I have next to call your attention to a very remarkable collection 
of antiquities, found by the Hev. E. W. Stillingfleet, of Hotham, 
and most liberally presented by him to the Society. The most 
curious portion of it consists of the contents of two tumuli, one at 
Arras, on the road from Market "VYeighton to Beverley, and the 
other at Hessleskew in the same neighbourhood, which abounds 
with similar remains—in all above ninety. They were opened by 
Mr. S. and other lovers of antiquities in the years 1815-16-17, 
and have since been levelled. In 1850, the Yorkshire Antiquarian 
Club examined the same ground with no important residt except 
the discovery of a skeleton, the form and measure of whose skull 
are given by Dr. Thurnam, in the Crania Britannica. Although 
we know from Csesar and other authorities that chariots were in 
use among the Britons when they fii’st became known to the 
Homans, and horse furniture and harness have been found in various 
places, remains of their chariots are very rare. Sir H. C. Hoare 
found none in the barrows which he opened on the Y^iltshme 
Downs. A fidl account of Mr. Stillingfleet’s discovery and the con¬ 
tents of the barrows and their bearing on ethnology, will be found 
in the Crania Britannica, Decade II. At Ai-ras, the chalk rock had 
been excavated to the depth of about a foot and a half, to form a 
receptacle for the body of the charioteer. The wheels were laid 
