the valley of the Aire near Leeds, points also to the conclusion, that 
the tribes by whom the flints and the pottery were used, lived upon 
the earth, while it was still tenanted by species which have since 
perished, 
Dec. 6. —The Rev. J. Kenrick gave an account of some Roman 
antiquities recently discovered at the Mount. At the depth of 2 ft. 
6 in. below the surface, a slab 6 ft. 10 in. long was found, having four 
incised figures and an inscription in six lines. Being removed it was 
found to cover a sarcophagus, in which was a body which had been 
imbedded in liquid plaster. The incised stone which had been appro¬ 
priated as the cover was not long enough to cover it and another 
channelled stone had been used to lengthen it. The inscription on the 
sarcophagus is much decayed, but it imports that it was dedicated to 
the Manes of yElia Severa by her husband. From the form of the 
letters, which have been filled up with red paint, the sarcophagus 
appears to be considerably older than the slab which covers it, and 
probably the sarcophagus as well as the slab has been borrowed for a 
later interment. The remains of the skeleton seem to belong to a 
male rather than a female. The upper part of the slab which is 
incised, contains four figures: two of adults, male and female, two of 
children, also male and female. The inscription, as far as it can be 
read, is as follows: 
D • M • FLAVIN • AUGU ST IN AE 
VIXIT* AN • XXXVini' M • VII • D • XI • FILIUS 
NUS • AUGSTINUS • VXT • AN ' I • D • III 
AN-I-M-VIIU-D •V-C.^EESIUS 
I • LE G • VI • VIC • C ONIUGI • CARI 
ET-SIBI- E-C- 
It appears therefore that Cseresius, a soldier of the Sixth Conquer¬ 
ing Legion, raised this memorial to his wife, Flavia Augustina, who 
lived 3S years, seven months, and eleven days; to his son, Augustinus, 
who lived one year and three days, and his daughter, who lived one 
year, nine months and five days, providing at the same time a memo¬ 
rial for himself, according to a practice very common among the 
Romans. The figures at the top correspond with this destination of 
the monument. The stone has received an injury which has obliter¬ 
ated several letters on the left side, so that only the last syllable of 
the son’s first name is legible, and that of the daughter, as well as the 
military rank of Cseresius, is unknown. 
