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obtaining a well preserved coin of Faustina, daughter of Antoninus, 

 wife of Marcus Aurelius. What I wish to say is that the thick neck, 

 square shoulders, strong determined features, which seem to have dis- 

 tinguished the Roman soldiery, are still noticeable among the rural popu- 

 lation around Nimes. At Nimes, a few years ago, a statue being 

 wanted for a public place, they erected one to Antoninus Pius. At any 

 other place — say at Toronto — a statue to a Roman Emperor would 

 seem an anachronism, and we should be tempted to say, with Hamlet — 



" What may this mean 

 That thou, dead corse, again in complete steel 

 Revisit'st thus the glimpses of the moon, 



With thoughts beyond the reaches of our souls." 



But that is not the case at Nimes. Antoninus stands there as of right, 

 " in his habit as he lived," and the inscriptions are curious. One in Latin 

 says the statue was decreed by the Senate and people of Nimes (Senatus 

 Populus que Nemau^ensis) (you remember the S. P. Q. R.) Only " the 

 Senate and people of Nimes " means the Common Council and citizens 

 — and another inscription in French gives the names — Clarke, Mayor ; 

 Dodds, Chairman Carnival Committee ; Shaw, Chairman of Board of 

 Works, et al* There is also on the pedestal a charming quotation from 

 a recent poet : — 



" . . . . Le Nimois est a moitie Remain 

 Sa ville fut aussi la ville aux sept coUines, 

 Un beau soleil 'y luit sur de grandes ruines 

 Et un de ses enfants se nommait Antonin." 



" . . . . Half Roman is the citizen of Nimes, 

 Her seven hills, those of Rome itself may seem. 

 Bright suns here on Imperial ruins shine, 

 And native was the Pious Antonine." 



At Aries, not far away, is an amphitheatre as capacious, but not so 

 massive and not so well preserved, as that at Nimes. 



The Arlesiennes, the women of Aries, are also of a distinct race — hand- 

 some women with singularly clear, fair complexions and dark hair. I 

 had little time to form distinct impressions, from the one wedding party 

 of them in the distinctly specific local costume I had a glimpse of, but I 

 thought them Greek. Aries was a Greek outpost of Marseilles. 



* These are well-known personages in civic circles at Toronto. 



