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excite considerable interests. It is impossible, of coimse, to say 
“wbat man or god” is represented, but I am inclined to think 
that this statue, as well as one or two others in the North, are 
intended to pourtray the Giod of War. We cannot fail to 
remark, in conclusion, how this discovery connects Eburacum 
in epigraphy with the Stations on the ^Eall. Our city was the 
great military depot of that most important district, and the 
Sixth Legion, which had its headcj[uarters with us, was the great 
moving and directing power in the North. If we want to 
know how Mars, the Deoe Matres, and the Dens Veins were 
honoured, we must examine the discoveries in the great fortified 
posts on the line of the Wall. One word more. It is, I believe, 
the earnest wish of the people of York that the curious remains 
which I have been describing should, vchen the excavations are 
completed, find their way into oiu* Museum. No one could 
have been kinder or more helpful to me in my examination of 
these sculptures than the Eeverend Mother and the other 
authorities of the Convent, and I feel very unwilling to ask 
them to consent to a surrender which would practically remove 
these objects for ever from their sight. But our whole Museum 
is an example of sacrifice for the public good. By themselves, 
such objects lose half their value ; when associated with others 
we begin to see what Eburacum must have been like. It has 
been said more than once by scholars of repute that Eburacum 
could not have possessed the importance ascribed to it, as it can 
show so few traces of the dignity which it claims. That slur, 
we are thankful to say, is being removed gradually but simely. 
It cannot be effected, as some of you know, without considerable 
exertion and laboim. But it is the sympathy and co-operation, 
not of one but of all, that we require. The Yorkshire Philo¬ 
sophical Society has experienced for nearly sixty years the 
generous kindness of the people of York, and is proud to 
recognise long ago on her list of benefactors the authorities of 
the Convent. 
May 4th. —The Honorary Secretary, Mr. T. S. Noble, 
F.G-.S., gave an account of the scientific work of Professor 
