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 Roman re- it, and tessellated pavements, bricks, urns, pottery, and coins, are profusely otis places, scattered through its whole extent, from the banks of the Stour, to the very borders of the Thames ; Falkbourn, Latton Church near Harlow, Wethersfidd, Fifield near Ongar, Walthatn, Leigh on the Thames, Sheffield near Brentwood, Billericay, Toleshunt, Heybridge, Effcester near Bradwell, Dunmow, Fleshy, Boreham, Black Notley, CoggeshaU, Witham, Wanstead, Harwich, Lexden, Roman mile- l*k of Mersey, and Romford, are among the many instances I could give; and a stone. milliary is supposed to have been discovered at Ingatestone. Saxon and Da- There are also many works which we may attribute without much hazard to nun rnmnfl. " " the later invaders, the Saxons and the Danes; such as the camps at Danbury, at Shoe bury, at Rayleigh, and at Burghstead, and near Barking, &c.&c. I cannot help lamenting, that, although so much still remains worthy the at- tention of the profound and enlightened antiquary, yet, among all the gen- tlemen of Essex, since the time of Mr. Lethieullier, no one has come forward (except Mr. Waif or d 9 to whom we owe the discovery of the station at Stunner e) to elucidate the much neglected Antiquities of Essex. THOMAS LEMAN, Crescent, Bath, 16th August, 1816.