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Some of the letters have been defaced, but I do not think there can be any doubt as to those which I supply. The inscription is as follows: DEVOMNODENT_i_ FLA_v_IVSSENILISPOSSV_it_ PROPTERNVP_tias_ _qua_SVIDITSVBVMB_ra_ "To the great god Nodens (the god of the Great Deep or Abyss) Flavius Senilis has erected this pillar on account of the marriage which he saw beneath the shade." SOME OF THE LETTERS HAVE BEEN DEFACED BUT I DO NOT THINK THERE CAN BE ANY DOUBT AS TO THOSE WHICH I SUPPLY THE INSCRIPTION IS AS FOLLOWS DEVUM NODENTI FLAVIUS SENILISPASSUIT PROPTO NUPSIUS QUA SUITID SUB UMBRA TO THE GREAT GOD NODENS THE GOD OF THE GREAT DEEP OR ABYSS FLAVIUS SENILIS HAS ERECTED THIS PILLAR ON ACCOUNT OF THE MARRIAGE WHICH HE SAW BENEATH THE SHADE
slope, and widened out into an open space with a wall of thick undergrowth around it, and then, narrowing again, passed on into the distance and the faint blue mist of summer heat. And into this pleasant summer glade Rachel passed a girl, and left it, who shall say what? I did not stay long there. In a small town near Caermaen there is a museum, containing for the most part Roman remains which have been found in the neighbourhood at various times. On the day after my arrival in Caermaen I walked over to the town in question, and took the opportunity of inspecting the museum. After I had seen most of the sculptured stones, the coffins, rings, coins, and fragments of tessellated pavement which the place contains, I was shown a small square pillar of white stone, which had been recently discovered in the wood of which I have been speaking, and, as I found on inquiry, in that open space where the Roman road broadens out. On one side of the pillar was an inscription, of which I took a note. THE TRACK WENT UP A GENTLE SLOPE AND WIDENED OUT INTO AN OPEN SPACE WITH A WALL OF THICK UNDERGROWTH AROUND IT AND THEN NARROWING AGAIN PASSED ON INTO THE DISTANCE IN THE FAINT BLUE MIST OF SUMMER HEAT AND INTO THIS PLEASANT SUMMER GLADE RACHEL PASSED A GIRL AND LEFT IT WHO SHALL SAY WHAT I DID NOT STAY LONG THERE IN A SMALL TOWN NEAR CAERMAEN THERE IS A MUSEUM CONTAINING FOR THE MOST PART ROMAN REMAINS WHICH HAVE BEEN FOUND IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD AT VARIOUS TIMES ON THE DAY AFTER MY ARRIVAL IN CAERMAEN I WALKED OVER TO THE TOWN IN QUESTION AND TOOK THE OPPORTUNITY OF INSPECTING THE MUSEUM AFTER I HAD SEEN MOST OF THE SCULPTURED STONES THE COFFINS RINGS COINS AND FRAGMENTS OF TESSELLATED PAVEMENT WHICH THE PLACE CONTAINS I WAS SHOWN A SMALL SQUARE PILLAR OF WHITE STONE WHICH HAD BEEN RECENTLY DISCOVERED IN THE WOOD OF WHICH I HAVE BEEN SPEAKING AND AS I FOUND ON INQUIRY IN THAT OPEN SPACE WHERE THE ROMAN ROAD BROADENS OUT ON ONE SIDE OF THE PILLAR WAS AN INSCRIPTION OF WHICH I TOOK A NOTE
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