388 Thenewly'discovered Temple at Cadachio, 



posing the temple to have belonged to Apollo, rather than to 

 iEsculapius, as imagined by Maffei. In either of these cases, 

 however, it appears certain, that the very springs which draw 

 modern attention to the spot, were the occasion, from an im- 

 puted sanctity, of the building this temple in the remarkable 

 situation which it occupies ; the mouth of a ravine, where 

 anciently the water and now the soil brought down, were the 

 subjects of continual difficulty and repair. Col. W. supposes 

 the "nitre" of the inscription to mean natron; and observes, 

 that it is " remarkable that the altar still exhibits, after the 

 lapse of twenty-two centuries, fragments of a coating that 

 seems to contain soda." 



Mr. Railton being at Corfu in the spring of 1825, waiting for 

 an opportunity to proceed on a professional tour through Greece 

 and Egypt, found the engineers at work, for the second time, in 

 clearing away the soil, which, coming down the ravine, had 

 again buried the temple ; and, upon that occasion, made his 

 measurements and drawings. Returning to England at the 

 close of last year, and finding that no detailed drawings had 

 hitherto been given of it, he has been induced to offer the 

 plates which compose the elegant fascicuMs before us. 



The plates are five in number, and reflect the highest credit 

 upon Mr. Railton's professional taste, talents, and studies. 

 The first discovers the ground-plan of the building ; the se- 

 cond, a restoration of the part toward the sea ; and the third, 

 fourth, and fifth, details of the order, with the addition of a 

 " Doric capital found in a ruined church within the French 

 lines ; and which," as observed by Mr.Railton, " has very much 

 the character of the columns of the pseudodipteral and hex- 

 astyle temples at Psestum." It appears certain that in this 

 publication, Mr. Railton has afforded the materials of much 

 pleasure and information ; not only to his professional brethren, 

 but to every lover of the fine arts, and to every classical 

 student. 



