_NETHERBY._—The nucleus of the seat of sir James Graham is a border tower, with walls of great thickness. These walls were doubtless erected at the expense of the ramparts and buildings of the camp, within which the mansion is situated. The form of the station cannot now be satisfactorily defined; but the number and importance of the coins, altars, and sculptures, which have been found within it, prove that it was a place of consequence during the period of Roman occupation. The site, though not greatly elevated, commands an extensive prospect in every direction. The bank on its western side, which slopes down to the valley of the Esk, is said to have been washed in ancient days by the waters of the Solway. Among the many important inscriptions discovered here, is one to Hadrian, closely resembling those which have been found at Milking-gap, Bradley, and other places. The stone has long been lost, but in Gough’s Camden the inscription is given thus— IMP. CAES. TRA. HADRIANO AVG. LEG. II. AVG. F. [Sidenote: SCULPTURE AT NETHERBY.] Some very fine sculptured stones, found in the station, are preserved on the spot. Amongst them is one which is figured on the adjoining page. A youth stands in a niche, a mural crown is on his head, a cornucopia in his left hand, and a patera, from which he pours out a libation on an altar, in his right; it is one of the finest carvings that is to be met with on the line of the Wall. From the grooves which are cut in the lower part of the stone, [Illustration: Genius of the Wall] we may naturally conclude, that the figure has been formerly set in masonry, perhaps to adorn the approach to some temple. Gordon supposes the figure to be intended for Hadrian; Lysons thinks that it was meant for the ‘Genius of the Wall of Severus’—let us combine the two ideas, and suppose, that the figure is that of Hadrian, representing, as he had the best right to do, ‘the Genius of the Barrier.’ Reference will afterwards be made to the figures of the _Deæ Matres_ which have been found here. [Sidenote: BLATUM BULGIUM.] Netherby is supposed to be the CASTRA EXPLORATORUM of the second Antonine ‘Iter,’ which was garrisoned by a _numerus exploratorum_. Its situation is very suitable for an exploratory garrison; and its distance from Carlisle on the one hand, and Middleby on the other, nearly corresponds with the distance at which it is set down in the Itinerary both from LUGUVALLIUM and BLATUM BULGIUM. [Sidenote: CAMP NEAR MIDDLEBY.]