100 ASSAYS AND OBSERVATIONS 



Art. IV.. 



Copy Letter from Mr Tu k n b u l l ^o A r c h i- 



BALDt MfiNz 1 ES, ofKUdircs, Efq\ dated 



from Delphos, concerning Italy ^ the alledg- 



ed effeSis of the Bite of the Tarantula, 



and Grecian Antiquities, 



Dear Sir, 

 T Have not ventured to give you any 

 -M^- of my obfervations'on Italy, as it 

 would have been troubling you with 

 what you mnfl have looked into with 

 more intelligence than ^ pretend to. How- 

 ever, I cannot help mentioning the feem- 

 ingly declining ftate of that part of Eu- 

 rope, but more particularly of the Roman 

 flate, which I think is more evidently 

 on the decline than any of the others. 

 You muft have obferved, at prefent it is 

 fo thinly inhabited, that many places 

 remain uncultivated, part of which is al- 

 ways covered with ftanding water. This,' J 



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