392 Pompeii. 
which for the sake of antiquarians have been permitted to re= 
main for the present. One picture represented the figure of 
Peace, upon a red ground, holding an olive branch in the right 
hand and in the left a cornucopia: she is winged, and repre- 
sented flying to diffuse her blessings over the world: a light 
transparent habit covers her body from the girdle downwards : 
on the whole, this is one of the best specimens of the style of 
painting of the zra in which it was executed 
“* Ainong the antique objects found in the inside of this house, 
alarge bronze plate was found with a double bottom, which 
must have served to keep the victuals hot. It resembled a si- 
milar utensil now in use, and which is occasionally filled with. 
warm water: the difference between the ancient and modern 
utensil seems to be, that in the former the article to be kept 
hot was deposited between two thin vessels containing hot 
water. 
“* There were also a great number of glass vases found, 
from three to six inches deep, in the form of cups, and some 
drinking cups of singular appearance. They were adorned so as 
to represent various figures, of the different colours of silver, gold, 
opal, sapphire, and emeralds: time has given them a brillianey 
which modern artists will in vain attempt to imitate. The glass 
which has been found at Pompeii is generally well wrought: the 
forms of the various utensils are different, but they are all regular 
and elegant: the bottles, caraffs, and other small vessels used in 
domestic affairs, are very round, and present no veins or flaws. 
They are mostly of coloured glass. Their utensils of white glass 
are by no means so beautiful as those of modern Europe. 
“The same house has also produced many pieces of very cu- 
rious red earth adorned with foliage, arabesques, and relievos of 
the finest workinanship. Some antiquarians think that they 
came from ancient Gaul, since many similar have been found in 
France. But this is erroneous, in the opinion of others, who think 
they are by far too elegant to have been executed in any other 
country than Italy.”’ 
[To be continued. ] 
The Class of History and Ancient Literature of the French In- 
stitute has appointed M. Vanderbourg, author of a Translation 
into French Verse of the Odes of Horace, and of several other 
literary productions, to the seat vacant by the death of M. Mer- 
cier, author of the Tatleau de Paris. 
M. Baptist Lendi, of St. Gall, has invented a new hygrometer, 
of which the following description is given :—In a white flint 
bottle is suspended a piece of metal, about the size of a hazel 
nut, 
