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410 actly, the same, viz. the figure generally imagined expressive of water."

Pl. XXVII. represents an ancient image of bronze of very rude workmanship, found a few years ago in digging the bason of the canal at Basingstoke, and presented to the Society by Mr. Edmund Fry. It nearly resembles the image described by Dr. Plot in his History of Staffordshire, under the name of Jack of Hilton, and like that has been used as an Æolipile, having a hole at the back of the neck, for the purpose of filling it with water, and a very small one at the mouth to occasion the blast. Fig. 1. shews the image in pro- file. Fig. 2. a front view of the upper part. Fig. 3. the back of the head.