AT WHEATLEY, OXON.

353 as the one first discovered. It was lined inside with fine stucco or pkister, li in. thick, and outside this were 2 inches of mortar. It rested on large tiles like those be- fore mentioned, su})ported by })illars of smaller tiles shnilar to those before described, but not at such regular intervals. Further heat from the furnace was communicated to this boiler by rows of vertical flue-tiles or pipes, behind the stucco of its sides, these are (piadrangular, and measiue 8 in. by 3|, they are smooth and blackened with soot in the inside, but scored on the outside to make them adhere to the mortar. Many of these are entire, and remain /// dtu. On the south side a leaden pipe, quite perfect, passes from the bottom of this cistern through the outer wall. This pipe probably conducted the hot water to the bath at the Kms^-^ Cistern for beating water, with Ibe Fireplace and Flues. east end of the calidarium. The boiler had its stucco lining more perfect than the bath at the south-east end of the hypo- caust. Dr. Buckland having applied to T. Grove, Esq., of Ferns, near Shaftesbury, the proprietor of the land, for permission to pre- serve these interesting remains, which are within an hour's walk of Oxford, this gentleman immediately authorized him to do