handiwork; but in a few parts, as in the woods of
Bonnyside, the remains of the quadruple line are
excellently preserved, though the external appear-
ances give small indication of the primitive shape
of the work. Of singular interest are the walling
tablets, of which eighteen have been found in the
stations or on the line of the vallum, describing the
portions of the work executed by the various
legions. At Bridgeness, on the Firth of Forth,
supposed to mark the eastern extremity of the
vallum, was a tablet, now in the Antiquarian
Museum, Edinburgh, saying how under "the
Emperor Cæsar Titus Elius Hadrian Antonine,
the August, the Pious, the Father of his Country,
the 2nd Legion, the August, did (the work of the
A second tablet, found at
vallum for) 4,652 paces."
Castlecary, and now in the Hunterian Museum,
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the Victorious, did 3,000 paces, and so forth. Almost
all begin with a dedication to the Emperor Anto-
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volume. Another object of great interest, dis-
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given, together with a full description by Mr. Haver-
field, F.S.A. As filled out the text gives, "Erected
to the god Silvanus by Caristanius Iustianus,
præfect of the First Cohort of Hamii, in willing
We must needs close here.
payment of a vow.'
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done by the Society is well known. English archæo-
It is to be
logists may be less well informed.
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Otherwise, since the
comprised in that volume.
stories are capriciously named, it is difficult to
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Tennyson is fabled to have been known merely as a

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