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 C&pc-VL Of- M AN C H & S. TE R, iAr Low-cafter (Kuerden fol. p. 279.) — " Vegetius lib*, iii. c. ft. -Animalium Pafcua. — " A full account of this wood will be given kk B. III. — u More concerning this m B. III. — '* It makes the array on Rainefliow to be Danes, and therefore fdmetimes vainljr fancies the nafaie toi be Dainelhow.'— " Juftitv lib. viii. c. 5.. — "Hift. c*i. III. . J.i- .1 THE Caftra ^Eftiva or fummer-camps of the Romans are an addition t6 the regular ftations which has been long noticed and is very common. As the latter were generally fixed* upon, the foutherly Hope of an hill of bank* they were well calculated for the keennefs of our winters, and.as'iU for the warmth of oiir fummers; The Rpmans therefore naturally conftrufted an addi- tional camp for their ftation in the fummer. For this they ne- ceflarily felefted fome advantageous fite, which was in the nei gh- bdurhood. of the regular ftation, and which was fully. open to the north'. ' Such was apparently the general reafon for which 'the Romans conftrudted their fummer'-camps. Such was con- fequently the general principle upon which they fele&ed the proper pofitions for them. And every ftation in the kingdom that has a (butherly kfpeft in itfelf, and any advantageous ground pear it with a northerly one, mull. have, regularly 'claimed the pleafing appendage of a fummcr-camp. The ftation of Mancunium, having both the former, .muftr certainly have had the latter. A fummer-camp was abfolutely nccefl'ary at Mancunium, as the warm beams of fummer are un- commonly fervid and {torching upon the flope of the Caftle- field. ; But where would the Romans moft probably fettle the ftation ? The high grounds of Mr. Reynolds's park or the higher grounds which are immediately to the north of them, the heights .of the Stony Knolls or the hills ot BroughtonJ would each of them afford a ; fufEcient elevation and a defendble fite. ' rhefjb