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niies of Marfeilles and Lyons, has publlflied an excel- 

 lent collection of the antiqukies find rn'onttments of 

 Marfeilles, containing many interefting particulars re* 

 Jating to its hiftory, both ancient and modern, ahd the 

 fine arts, in five chapters, illuftrated by many plates; tlie 

 whole weak confilling of 2y6 pa^es in quarto, printed 

 at Marfeilles, for Moyfy, 1773. 



The Aimanac Hlftorique dc Marfeille, begun in 1 770^ 

 and continued, I believe, to the prcfent time, is full of 

 many very curious particulars, fuite<l to vifitors. The 

 motto ef this Almanac ought to excite attention : 



Mafiilia difci'plinam atque gravitatem, nen folum Grxciz fed hand 

 fjio Ml cuniTi.'sgentibus anteponendain jure (Ticam. 



CiC£Ro Oratio, p. Flacco. 



Marfeilles has been prohfic in learned and eminent 

 men ; for not to fpeak of Ofcius, the celebrated ancient 

 orator, and the dill mqre ancient Pitheas and Petronius, 

 it has produced many celebrated modern lawyers, phy- 

 ficians, and artifts. 



Monf. Papon has written a large book, entitled, 

 Hi/loire genetaJe de Provence, dedicated to the States, 

 and printed by their order. It is arranged according 

 to five epochas > and in each he mentions all the emi- 

 nent perfons who have adorned that country, as well 

 as ail the remarkable circumflances that are worth at- 

 tending to in the different departments of hiitoty and 

 fcicnce. Monf. Papon was librarian of the college of 

 the focicty of the Oratoire. 



The Academy of Belles Lettres, Sciences and Arts, 

 at Marfeilles, does not adqiit ftrangers to their meet- 

 ings as vifitors, which is to be regretted. The fame 

 regulation, I believe, takes place at Lyons and elfe- 

 where in France. The coral fifhery at Marfeilles is a 

 pccuhar article of commerce, and worth the attention 

 of the traveller. It is free on the coafl of Provence, 

 and the mart for it is at Marfeilles. They afTort the 

 toral ill nine diflercut parcels, accordiiig to the colour, 



