Among many other curious labours of our forefathers to be seen in our old Abbey Church of Romsey, I had long noticed some singular irregularities, appearing somewhat like groupes of figures, on the capitals of two of the pilliars at the east end of the north and south aisles; but, from their having been in a great measure obliterated by successive coats of white-wash bestowed upon them from time to time, under the idea, no doubt, of beautifying, no conjecture whatever could be formed of what they were meant to represent, until some little time since I came to the resolution of having them thoroughly cleaned for that purpose. This being done, I was not a little rejoiced to find that the figures on both were in tolerable preservation, sufficiently so as to allow of their being traced on paper, whereby I am enabled to send you a fac simile of them in their proper size and situation. I have also made drawings of both on a small scale on one piece of paper, whereby the whole may be seen at one view, for the purpose of your laying them before the Antiquarian Society, should you judge them to be worth their attention.