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being much worn as if they had been used in a pavement for a considerable length of time: a few fragments of thin tile, of substance suitable for roofing, were found, but none sufficiently perfect to shew their full dimensions: there were also several fragments of bricks, and one which was entire, rather more than an inch thick, of the shape and size represented by fig. 4: other bricks were discovered 9⁠1/2⁠ inches long, from 4⁠1/2⁠ to 5⁠1/2⁠ inches wide, and from 1 inch to 1⁠1/4⁠ inches thick, with two of the edges bevelled, as represented by the section fig. 5: there were also broken pieces of plain bricks, 4⁠1/2⁠ inches wide, and rather more than an inch thick, and of bricks of the same breadth and thickness, with one edge bevelled, and a small groove adjoining it, as shewn in the section fig. 6, but as no whole specimens of either of these two last-mentioned kinds were found, their lengths could not be ascertained; it may be conjectured that they were of the same length as fig. 5.

The bricks, fig. 4, were clearly intended to be laid flat, and it will be seen that a combination of eight of them forms an octagonal pillar, (2 feet in diameter,) enclosing a circular flue, (1 foot 6 inches in diameter,) fig. 7. That they were designed for constructions of this kind cannot be doubted, but it must be supposed that bricks of other shapes were