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the walls have been, as might be expected, unproductive ; 
bat this is not the case with those which were made at the 
saine time in the Via Consularis leading from Naples to 
Pompeii. | Several monuments are already described, such 
as the tombs of the family of Arria; the hemicycle, or semi- 
circular bench, of a form so elegant that the priestess 
Mam mia had established it to serve as a resting-place to the. 
inhabitants of Pompeii near the place which a decree of 
the Decurii had appointed for her sepulture. Within these 
few months four tombs have been discovered; two of them 
are of a remarkable form, and placed within separate ins, 
closures: the first is decorated with bas-reliefs which re- 
present the games of the Gladiators, and the hunting- 
matches which were exhibited to the populace in the amphi- 
theatre to render the funeral of the, defunct more magni- 
ficent. The bas relief in which the Gladiators are represented 
also exhibits inscriptions traced. with a pencil in a black 
colour. Time and the action of heat have obliterated a 
great part; but what remains still furnishes us with some 
additional particulars as to the Gladiators. This tomb is 
square, and the roof is in steps like that of king Mausolus. 
Probably the statue which must have terminated this py- 
ramid will be found. The second tomb is round, like 
those of Cecilia Metella, near Rome, and Manutius Piancus 
at Gaeta. The bas-reliefs which adorn the wall of the in- 
closure consist of mystic allegories relative to the state of. 
souls after death, which announces that he who was buried 
within it studied sacred mysteries, and the dogmas of 
some philosophical sect. The third form is a cippus, but 
of a very agreeable form: it covered the remains of a 
"priestess of Ceres, A fourth tomh has been discovered, 
but it has not yet been entirely cleared. M. Cattel, of 
Berlin, a distinguished artist, who travelled with M, Millin, 
the learned editor'‘of the Magazin Encyclopédique, through 
Italy and part of Greece, has made drawings of, these 
tombs; and My Millin has undertaken to publish a deserip- 
tion of them in his valuable work, M. Millin is sull abe 
sent on his travels through Various parts ot Europe. 
- CASSEGRANE TELESCOPE, ° 
‘A paper on this instrument, presented by Major Kater, 
was lately read in the Royal Society, which seemed to, prove 
that light possesses some properties which have not yet 
been attended to, "This subject being curious, the follow- 
ing information on the subject will prove acceptable to 
scientific men + 
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