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filled up ; which will never again be the case, because the 

 works are surrounded by a parapet, as has been done in re- 

 gard to Trajan's pillar. Researches of the same kind will 

 be made around other ruins, and in particular near the co- 

 lumns of the temple of Jupiter Slator, which are two^thirds 

 buried. Workmen arc now employed in clearing the py- 

 ramid of Ccstius from. the bushes with which it lias been 

 covered for several years, and the roots of which had begun 

 to displace the stone.^. 



The researches at Oslia are still continued. At present 

 tliey are carried on in the site occupied by the antient city. 

 The foundations of several houses have been discovered j 

 and also of some temples, plans of which are now making 

 by th;-- architect Balistra, who attended lord Elgin to Greece. 

 It is hoped that tills discovery will give some information 

 in regard to the method of building, and the domestic oeco- 

 nomy of the antlents. 



Apartments are preparing at the Vatican to receive such 

 curious articles as may be found at Ostia, Other arrange- 

 ments are also making, and arliots are employed in ercctinff 

 the statues of the Belvldere. It is hoped that the pope will 

 purchase the Fauna e/tdonni which formed part of the Bar- 

 berine collection, and which now belongs to the sculptor 

 Paccetti. 



The science of antiquities is also cultivated at Rome with 

 great zeal. A new edition of the Roma Antlca of Venuti 

 has been published, with supplements and notes by Philip 

 Visconti, brother to the celcbAted antiquary of that name 

 settled in France. The learned Zaey;a is still employed on 

 Ills catalogue of all the Coptic Uianuscripts in the library 

 of cardinal Borgia. He has been engaged iilso several years 

 on researches in regard to the topography of antient Rome ; 

 and it is supposed that he will throw great light on this 

 subject. 



In the month of February last several antient momi- 

 ments were discovered at Bois-de-Vaux, near Vidy, at a 

 small distance from Lausanne. This discovery was made 

 by accident in working at the mines. This place, accord- 

 ing to some authors, was the site of the supposed city of 

 Carpcntras ; and according to others, perhaps on better 

 authority, of the antient Lausanne. A beautiful bas-relief, 

 in bronze, representing a taurobolus, presented by the 

 council of Lausanne to the museum of Berne, where it is 

 still preserved, was discovered here iu \Q2\). About the 



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