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fiibjcft, and controverted both with in- 

 genuity' and Icurniiig thofe teftimonics on 

 Vhirh iilnne llic hypothelis could Uaad. 

 ialUy toint's lleraclides, who thoiigli 

 too (litTule in his (Jylc, and with fewer 

 rercrencfs to ancient Jitcrature than 

 might fairly have been cxpcffcd iu fo 

 large a paniplilct, has added ni.my points 

 in oppoiition lo thelitiimonie^, uhiih fiiil 

 evince that the oima prohavdi rells with 

 Dr. Clarke. 'J'he fiill Letter refers en- 

 tirely to the Introductory DiffcTtatinn on 

 the Tetradrachni of Lyfimachus, and the 

 fufipoi'ed f'ortrait pf Alexander; it is in- 

 tended to invalidate Dr. Clarke's rcafon- 

 ing concerniup; it, and to prevent both 

 him and Mr. llenley tVoin uiinp tlie por- 

 trait, as evidence of the Apotheofis of 

 th« jMaredonian. The fecond Letter re- 

 lates to the more particular refult which 

 Dr. Clarke and Mr. Henley have claimrd 

 for tlieir enquiries, in regard to the Kiiyp- 

 tiun Apotheofis ; clofnig with the reafons 

 fiatcd liy thofe writers, why the fuppofed 

 tonih of Alexander is covered with Esiyp- 

 fian Hierofilyphicsj rather than (Jreek 

 Lttters. In thole which follow, the 

 vriters of ditlorert ns'tions by uhoin the 

 tomb has been mentioned, are, a» it 

 were, cxuiuiued, and Dr. Clarke hindered 

 from receiving all that benefit from their 

 'teftinioiiies, xvhich his work propofes. 

 More general kindnefs to his atitaL'(mifts, 

 and Hiore aood humour, even thouiih 

 tliere had been lefs learning, would iiave 

 pleafed us better in the Letters of Hcr:i- 

 clides. We airree with him in liis oppo- 

 fition to T>r. Clarke's teftimonies and 

 Opinions, but we are not difinclined on 

 thnt account either to compliment his 

 leaniins:, or to read his work with temper. 

 'Jhe " D'/cription of'LiUiiim," by Mifs 

 Kmciit, "ill not only be found interclU 

 jni; to thofe who ha\ e vifited the part of 

 Italy \\hofe hiftory it immediately con- 

 cerns, but is calculated to induce future 

 travellers to examine, with greater accu- 

 racy and care the Roman Campajrna. 

 Jlitherto the hifiory of its remains have 

 Jieen locked upamong the (tores of Italian 

 literature, and gentnally ipeakin;:, but 

 liltle has been known by the I'.usrlilh 

 reader relative to tlie cities and \ illas by 

 wbii h ijiiperial Rome "as once furround- 

 • d. One of Mifs Kni<;lit's firft ohjecis 

 wa,' to prove tliat " ia Campagna di 

 Ronut," isiioithat defolale and unhealthy 

 rO'j ion which the i^'nonmce or c.ieli fl- 

 uffs oftiiniUers have ul'uallylcd ihini to 

 s.ftert. After a general dcfcription of 

 latium I'V.d its firlt eliabliiliment, Ihc 

 j,ro«.ii;:d» to ihciliufi ration of thole plates 



moll memorable in former times for the 

 colonial eftablilhment of the Roniuis. 

 Introducmg into hci nairative fiich re- 

 prclontations of ancient life and manners, 

 as I'uem bell cakuiivt<d to inake the 

 leader comprehend « ith grcatei lucihty, 

 the ufes and delij^ns of llie dilferent frag- 

 ments wliicli remain. In the feud.il 

 t.ijics the Jtoirtaii Campagna became 

 overfpread with baronial fortrefles: and 

 at later pcricjds we find it embellilhed 

 with the rural palaces of Popes, and 

 Cardinals, and Princes. All hcjldiiig. 

 forth to view the meiu'jrable changts of 

 this once memorable diltritt. As a fpe- 

 cimcn of Mifs Knight's ftyle, we fliall 

 quote one feutenee. 



" l>ut the period at which the ' C.nm- 

 pagiia' nmll hare been moll truly inter- 

 efting, was when a Cato, a V'arro, and 

 Olheis, not lefs d.iliiin;u)ihed for their love 

 of agriculture, than tor their military aud 

 political talents, inhabited limple but 

 commodious dwellings, rendering the 

 country around ihem t'ertile, and its pea- 

 fants indudrious ; under their protectiiis;, 

 care, and in confequeiice of their bcne- 

 licial inliitutioMs and exertions, the Lat:an 

 tields afl'umcil that chearl'ul aipc'i which 

 the benignant climate of Italy fo natu- 

 rally promotes ; the health and morals of 

 their domeltic!> fonned a principal object 

 of their attention ; anrl a Contented mind^ 

 amidll the placid enji)ymcuts of a vigo- 

 rous old age, was at ouce the refult and 

 the reward of their rural occupations.'' 



MEDICINE. 



The produttions of the medical profef- 

 fion, in the laft half year, have neither 

 been very numerous nor of a very impor- 

 tant nature. At the head of them, ia 

 point of importance, we mull mention 

 Dr. Wh.lan's "Obj'iivutions on the Cuu- 



pOA 



a work which cuiitains the fum of 



the fafis relative to that ^ aluable difco- 

 vciV; as far as tlicv ha\e been afcciiained 

 up to the prefent time, and which is writ- 

 ten in a fpirit of calm and dilpalfionate 

 enquiry, and with all the author's ut'ual 

 accuracy aud preeifion. Dr. Willan has 

 directed his attention more particularly 

 to the appearances of the fpurious forms 

 of tht difeat'e, of whieh he has gi\cn co- 

 loured engravings ; and he has likewife 

 entered iifOve fully, than has hitherto 

 been done, into the dilcuffion of the na- 

 ture and appeariincesof the Chicken-pox, 

 in its various forms of Chiek«i-j.ox» 

 Swine-]iox, and Hives, which have bcea 

 miltaken for the .Small-pox, and the oc- 

 curi-encc of which alter the Vaccine di(^ 

 cafe Jias thciel'ore been cited as a proof 



of 



