moderns to whom reference has more especially been made.
In the course of a careful examination of the Battlefield , the writer was fortunate enough to discover a ravine which corresponds in every respect so exactly with the mal fosse of the Roman de Rou that it seems to him to settle the vexata questio of its position : and this appeared to be the general opinion of those who examined it on the occasion of the late Octocentenary Anniversary .
The visit of the British Archaeological Association , to which so many pleasant memories attach , has already borne fruit, in a more lively zeal for the preservation , and a deeper interest in the study of the remains of an earlier age which abound on all sides : and a practical result will no doubt follow in greater attention being paid to correctness and beauty, in the architecture of the day.
1, Linton Terrace, Hastings.
