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 912 inches long, from 412 to 512 inches wide, and from 1 inch to 114 inches thick, with two of the edges bevelled, as represented by the section fig. 5: there were also broken pieces of plain bricks, 412 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.
Fig. 4.
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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
