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Nov. II. FEW days ago the inciofeo infcription and fragment (plate II. fig. 1, 2) were found at Grera, bridge, in Richmondshire. In enig ng the garden at the George inn, and making a funken fence for the improvement of the profpect from the great dining-room, the workmen were emploved upon the North vallum of the Roman fation, whence they removed a great number of ftones proper for their walling. At the depth of feveral feet they recovered the infcription, which is cut on a tablet of white grit-ftone, and is in the highet prefervation. The length of the tablet is three fect (even inches, and the width one foot nine inches; the characters two inches in length. and well cut, and the fculptures at the ends delicate and finely raifed. The whole has not fuffered the leaft injury; and it is one of the most beautiful remains I have feen.

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It is prefumed, this infcription was placed over the North gate and extrance into the camp, facing the great military road, which lay within a little diftance on that fide. Several large pieces of cornice, one capital of a fquare pilager, which has terminated one end of the cornice, and feveral long ftep-ftones, or cover-itones, were found near the fame place. Lucius Alfenus Senecio has had the care of the work; probably the whole of the camp was then fortified and walled in. I confefs myfelf at a lofs to determine what his office was; LEG. EORVM PR. PR. is an unusual diftinction. The words in the erafure are not difficult to be made out, as I have reprefented them. I think it was in the year 198 that Severus made his eldcft fon, Antoninus Caracalla, partner with him in the empire, gave him the Tribunitian Power, and the title of Auguftus; and about the fame time gave the title of Cefar to his younger fon, Geta. About the year 208, Severus declared his two fons his fuccef fors conjointly, and gave to Geta the title of Augufius. In 209 he came over into Britain, accompanied by both his fons, to quell the Northern infurgents, who were become very powerful, and threatened the defruction of the legion ary troops on the itations upon the bor. der. In 211, on the death of Severus, Caracalla and Gera prepared to leave this ifland, carrying with them to Rome, the

athes of their father.

The erecting of this camp or ftation, or at least the fortifying it with a vailum GENT. MAG. December, 1793.

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W. HUTCHINSON, The Grove, Barnard Cafile.

Mr. URBAN, Darlington, No. 22. HOULD you think the fabjer of the inclofed drawings worthy of a place your valuable repofitory, you are at liberty to make fuch ufe of them as you may think proper. I have fent them under the idea that they may afford pleafure to fome of your readers, and through the hope they will induce fome has been intended to be handed down to one to give us an account, what event pofterity by the three ftones 1, 2 and 3; and what Ronian's afhes have been depoficed in the earthen urn, of parts of which 4 and 5. are drawing,*.

found, fome time in October laft, in a The pieces of tone and urn were Greta-bridge, in the county of York, garden belonging to Sir John Eden, at adjoining the high road leading from London to Carlife.

perfe&t lines of an encampment; and the At Greta-bridge you fee the most garden appears to have been nearly in ferve part of the lines of the camp withthe centre of the camp; for, you may obin Stockly-park, the feat of T. B. 3. Morritt, efq. clearly a continuation of the lines of encampment at Grata-bridge, the high road and fome few houfes only breaking the line.

turn; being done by a young lady, only The drawings I will thank you to rewhich they are xecuted makes them in14 years of age; the elegant manner in

eftimabie.

RM HUTCHINSON.

given from the drawings of Mr. W. Hutch*In the annexel plate, fig. 1. and 2 are infon. The infcriptions, as fent by both cor5, the first reads YRBANY, the other refpondents, agree; except that in fig. 2, 1.

VARNVS.

EDIT.

Mr.

Mr. URBAN,

Nov. 5.

IN p. 964 a correfpondent enquires, whether I think it probable that there is any foundation for the fuppofition that a popular old ballad had its origin from the lady whofe monument he mentions in Stepney church.

This question I am not at this time capable of refolving, as I have not feen the ballad alluded to, neither did I know that fuch a ftory prevailed. If your correfpondent will be fo good as to inform us what the circumftance was that feems to refer to the monument, I fhall take a pleasure in examining into the fubject. *** will oblige me by mentioning the title of the ballad, and where I may find it. Yours, &c.

Mr. URBAN,

OUR

J. P. MALCOLM.

Iflington, Nov. 11. UR old poets often ufe the terms Carol, Madrigal, and Roundelay, as peculiar kinds of poems, of characters no lefs fpecifical than those of Ode, Elegy, &c.

Are there any Madrigals profeffed amongst the works of our antient poets? and what is their peculiar character?

What are the true characteristicks of the Carol and Roundelay?

If fome of your poetical correfpondents would favour your excellent Ma

gazine with true and old fpecimens of

thofe various and once confiderably cefebrated fpecies of antient English verfe, it would be acknowledged as a favour by many, befides your moft humble fer. vant, MIRTILO.

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the right fide of the river has drawn it to the fhore, all to be done is to lift it up, and drop it again’about a yard from the spot, up or down the river. The perfon, then, on the oppofite fide, has to purfue the fame method; by which means any river may be completely fearched with very little trouble. I muft fay the plan ftruck me forcibly; and I think you will join me in opinion, that any method for the preservation of our fellow-creatures ought to be made as public as possible, being of general utility. I fhould obferve, that the drag is not above thirty-three inches long; the rapes in proportion to the breadth of the river; and that a cord is fixed between the claws at A in the imperfect fketch (pl. II. fig. 6), with pieces of cork fixed at the distance of three, fix, and nine feet, to mark the depth of water where the body lies, in case of res fiftance.

Your inferting this ufeful hint in your valuable Mifcellany will, I doubt not, be of fome fervice to our fellowcreatures; which, Mr. Urban, I think, will be a fatisfaction to you, and an apology for my troubling you herewith. Yours, &c.

Mr. URBAN,

PHILANTHROPOS.

Waterfide, near Chichefter, Nov. 6. T is with much pleasure I have seen

that the wishes of your correfpondent W. W, p. 94, are in fome measure anticipated by a very refpectable part of a fociety at Chichester, who feem feriously to pursue those dictates of philanthropy by which the order of Freemafonry has ever been diftinguished ;

IAM juft returned from that truly and, if propagated with the fame zeal,

beautiful watering-place, Teign. mouth, in the county of Devon, where the cold air now begins to befet, and will, ere long, I doubt not, deprive the refidents of many a lovely female's agreeable company. While there, I frequently rode to Exeter, about fifteen miles diftant. where I was fhewn, by a member of their Humane Society, a new-invented double-drag for taking bodies out of the water (prefented to them by Mr. Henry Smith, merchant, of that city; a gentleman, I apprehend, no lefs known by his juft obfervations in various fciences than by his goodness of heart), and which, I think, ought to be more publicly known. This drag is fo conftructed as that two men only may effe&tually drag any river cf moderate width; for, when any perfon on

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will defervedly intitle thefe to the noble and princely patronage with which they are at prefent honoured.

I not only fend you their directions for the recovery of drowned perfons, but a tranfcript of their circular letter to the feveral clergymen in the neighbourhood of Chichefter. The publication of them in your general Mifcellany may be of ufe: the one, as a remembrancer of the means of difpenfing a benefit to fociety; the other, as an example worthy of imitation. Yours, &c.

HUMANUS. "Chichester, OA. 19. "The Royal Arch Chapter of Freemafons prefent their respectful compliments to the Rev. Mr. A. B. and requeft the favour of him to let the clerk of deliver the inclosed directions

tions to perfons in that parish most likely to promote the laudable purposes for which they are intended."

The Recovery of Persons apparently drowned.

From the great probability that, if proper exertions had been used, the life of a poor unfortunate boy, lately drowned at Dellquay, might have been faved, and from a defire to encourage activity and affistance on, future occafions; the Royal Arch Chapter of Free Mafons, held at the Dolphin, in Chichefter, have this day paffed the following refolutions:

I. That to afford relief to a fellow-creature in diftrefs is one of the first Chriftian virtues, and the principal characteristick of this fublime order.

II. That, as no Humane Society is eftablished in the neighbourhood for the encouragement of affiftance to perfons apparently drowned, this Chapter o caufe fuch directions to be published and diftributed as fhall be approved of and recommended by the phyficians of this city.

-III. That a reward of two guineas be paid out of their mafonic found to fuch parties as That affift in faving and receiving any perfon, recently fallen into the water, who, it may be proved, was in imminent danger of being drowned and, if the body, at the time of being taken up, fhould have no apparent figns of life, and be afterwards reftored, the parties fo faving and receiving it fhall be, otherwife, handfomely and honourably rewarded.

IV. That this bounty be extended to all accidents happening on the fea-coaft, within the limits of the immediate port of Chichefter, and in every other direction within the diftance of nine miles from this city.

Chichester, October 6!

Means to be immediately used for the Recovery of Perfons appareatly drowned, and to be continued for at leaft Six Hour, if not fooner fuccessful, unless the Body be putrid.

1. When the body is taken out of the water, ftrip and wrap it clofely in a blanket, or other warm covering and convey it gently to the nearest commodious houfe, with the face upwards, and the head a little railed. In carrying it, let the body be as little jolted, or bent, as poffible.

II. Lay it on a bed or mattress which has been heated by a warning-pan or otherwife, or by a perfon having lain in it for fome time, in a chamber containing a fire; or, during Summer, in the funshine. Dry the bodý completely with warm cloths, and afterwards rub it diligently, but gently, with hot flannels on the left fide, near the heart. Apply to the hands and feet cloths wrung out of hot water, and heated bricks, or bottles, cr bladders half filled with hot water, or bags of hot grains or fand, to the stomach and armpits, taking fpecial care that they be not

made hotter than a healthy person could bear them to be in contact with their skin. Let a healthy perfon, of the fame fex with the fefferer, lie down, without clothes, on the right fide of the body, and be employed in rubbing, and aiding other neceflary operations.

If a tub of warm water be in readiness, let the body be placed in it up to the neck, and continued in it half-an-hour. The water fhould not be hotter than can be comfortably borne by the affiftants; and the heat of all the applications before directed fhould be moderate.

When the body is taken out of the tub of water it must be wiped dry, laid upon the bed, and treated according to the rules alalready given. In all the operations, woollen-cloths are to be preferred to tiers.

III. During the foregoing operations, put the pipe of a pair of bellows into one of the noftrils, the other noftril and the mouth being clofed by an afliftant, and blow gently till the breaft be a little rai ed. Let the mouth and noftril then be left free, and an eafy preffure made upon the breast. Repeat this imitation of natural breathing till figns of returning life appear, when it is to be gradually difcontinued.

IV. If no bellows be at hand, let an af fiftant blow into the noftrils of the drowned perfon with his breath, through a quill, reed, or any other fmall pipe, and repeat the eafy preffure before recommended.

V. When breathing begins to be renewed, let a feather dipt in fpirits of hartfhorn, or fmelling falts diffolved in water, or sharp musard, be occafionally introduced into the noftrils. Pepper, or fnuff, alfo may be gently blown into them. A glyfter fhould then he given without delay, composed of equal parts of wine and hot water, with a Imall table-fpoonful of flour of mustard; or, a tea-ipoonful of powdered pepper, ginger,

feeds of the wild carrot bruifed, or other fpice, rum, brandy, or gin, mixed with fix times its quantity of hot water, with the addition of mustard, &c. may be used inflead of wine; but he fure not to make it stronger than is here mentioned.

VI. As foon as the patient is fufficiently recovered, administer to him, by spoonfuls, hot wine,, or fpirits mixed with water.

VII. When life is completely restored, the fufferer fhould remain at reit in a warm bed, be fupplied moderately with wine-whey, ale-poffet, or other nourishing drinks; and gentle fweating fhould be encouraged.

N. B. In all fuch cales, immediately dif patch a meffenger for medical affiftance, if near fend alfo another meffenger to the neareft houte where warm water, grains, or other things of the fame nature, may be procured, with a good fire, and a warm bed for the reception of the unfortunate perfon.

All persons living near any waterfide, and publicans in particular, are equeft.d

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A CONSTANT READER.

cable, the leaft delay precludes the pof-
fibility of obtaining effectual affistance.
In fupport, then, of the ufefulness of
cold water in the cure of recent fcalds,
I beg leave to relate the following fact.
In the winter of 1788, I was fitting near
a fire on which was placed a large tea-
kettle filled with water, that was then
of a boiling heat. The vessel flipped
frem off the fire, and the whole, or
greater part, of its contents was thrown
over one of my legs. To leffen the ex-
treme heat and pain which were in-
ftantly produced, the first thing that
ftruck me was the affufion of cold water
out of a large decanter which fortu-
naelv flood at the time on the table,
and which I made, without waiting to
take off my stocking, over the affected
parts. In the mean time; feeling fome
relief from the application of cold, I
ordered a pail of water to be procured,
in which I immerfed the leg repeatedly;
and this I continued to do for nearly
two hours (as well as I can now recol-
lect), getting a fresh pail of water as
foon as any fenfible degree of warmth
was communicated by the fcalded limb
to that which I had been ufing. Ha-
ving by thefe repeated immersions al-
moit, if not entirely, got rid of the heat
and (marting, I proceeded to draw off
my flocking with fome caution, and
not without fufpicion that a part of the
cuticle would have been removed along
with it. But I was agreeably furprised
to find that the fkin had fuffered little
or no injury, except that it was a little
fhrivelled, and fiff in fome places,
which was as likely to have been occa-
fioned by the cold as the hot water. No
vefication fucceeded; and, except a
little peeling of the fkin, and fome par-
tial ftifacts, which was foon removed
by rubbing the furface with oil, I never
felt any fubfequent inconvenience. To
thofe who may chance to fuffer a fimilar
accident, I may venture from this fact,
independently of any theory in its fa-
vour, to recommend the like mode of
treating it. Oil, which is no unfie-
quent application, is a bad one, as it is
a bad condu&tor of her, and as it
tends therefore to increase the heat of
the furface to which it may be applied.
Vinegar, though it has been confidered
to poffels a fedative quality, and there-
fore to be useful in fuch cafes, as it will
irritate much more than water, is, on
that account, lets proper: and the fame
may be faid of all acids. Even lead
diflolved in vinegar, which makes the

Mr. URBAN, Truro, Cornwall, Nov.4. HOUGH the following communi cation has already appeared in a periodical work, as the tendency of it must be admitted to be generally ufeful, I am fure I need not apologife for requefling that it may be inferted in the Gentleman's Magazine. Its utility alone must be its recommendation, for, it has little or nothing of novelty to plead in its favour; though it may ap pear odd that the late Mr. Hunter, a man of unquestionable reputation, and little accustomed to beflow praife where it was not due, fhould have given great credit to a well-meaning brewer of Edinburgh, whofe name, I think, is Cleghorn, for the communication of the peculiar virtues of cold vinegar applied to recent, burns or fcalds; as if he had been entitled to the merit of making a difcovery on the fubject. The hiftory of cold applications in the treatment of inflammations is too well known to make any difquifition on the fubject neceflary here. There are few perfons unacquainted with their efficacy. The moft material enquiry is, what is the best application for the purpofe of obviating the bad effects of the more common accidents of this kind, produced by fire, boiling water, and other hot Equid fubftances? The following cafe may afford a conclufion on the fubject, which is much in favour of a remedy that is always near at hand, and the application of which is attended with icis inconvenience than almost any other with ich I am acquainted. In faying this, I do not mean to affert its fuperior efficacy to every other nation; on the coutravy, I think that fome aiticles of the Materia Medica right, poffibly, in fome cafes, give it additional vitne; but it has this grand advantage over the ordinary medical or chirurgical aids, that it is always near at hand; and, in the cafes to which it is appli

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