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aclly, the fame, viz. the figure generally imagined expreflive of water." PL XXVII. reprefents an ancient image of bronze of very rude workmanihip, found a few years ago in digging the bafon of the canal at Bafingftoke, and prefented to the Society by Mr. Edmund Fry. It nearly refembles the image defcribed by Dr. Plot in his Hiftory of StafFordfhire, under the name of Jack of Hilton, and like that has been ufed as an yEolipile, having a hole at the back of the neck, for the purpofe of filling it with water, and a very fmall one at the mouth to occafion the blaft. Fig. i . fhews the image in pro- file. Fig. 3. a front view of the upper part. Fig. 3. the back of the head. Prefents