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			A fang of the wild boar. Below this we come upon:
(6)	15	inches	the Roman boulder road, flagged with white-grey sandstone chippings, 6 to 7 inches long and 1 to 2 inches thick, the whole depth of 15 inches constructed and consisting of boulder stones, smaller towards the top (4 to 5 inches long, 3 to 4 inches thick) and very large at the bottom (7 to 8 inches long and 6 inches thick). It stretches for 15 feet from west to east, and does not continue on the other side of the central shaft, which was run to a further depth of about 6 feet, consequently it limits its real known width (except it should extend on the west side at the Palatine Hotel) to 15 feet, as it suddenly stops short on the east side of the central shaft. Below we have:
(7)	30	,,	sand, on which it immediately rests, and, in addition,
	12	,,	consisting of a black sediment, highly decomposed, speckled with vivianite. From it I obtained: Juniperus communis, the juniper, (a berry); habitat, on open sandy plains and hills; Polygonum lapathifolium, the persicaria, (the black shining seeds); waste land; Corylus avillana, hazelnut (fragments of the shells); woods, slopes, river banks; and a fragmentary specimen of the minute shell Helix pulchella.