History of the Picts or Romano-British Wall, and of the Roman Stations and Dallum - With an Account of Their Present State, Taken During a Pilgrimage Along That Part of the Island, in the Month of June, 1849 #265888

Some Readers will, I fear, soon throw this little work aside, when they find in confusion certain points which recent writers have rendered plain and distinct. I have not separated the works of Agricola from those of Hadrian and Severus, for what is in a dark mist my imagination has not enabled me to clear. Nor have I, by indulgence in any theory, sought to give unity and agreement to these famous barriers. I have, however, endeavoured to give a true account of what we saw in an excursion of much interest: the measurements and observations were written down at the time, and little was left to unaided memory. But the fixed times for moving forwards, although proper and unavoidable, were attended with some disadvantages, and prevented the examination of many interesting points of inquiry.