1 88 TRAVELS THROUGH 



Gravier, at Rome. The coloured copies are often too 

 lively , the figures are true, but generally without 

 the fexual parts ; for the authors have no confider- 

 ation for the Linnean fyftem, following rather that 

 of I'ournefort. Mr. Maratti is known by, 



Defcriptio de fera florum exiftentia, vegetatione et 

 forma in plant is dorfiferis feu epi-phyllofpermis vulgo 

 capillaribus a J. F. Marattio. Rom^, 1760 *. 



This performance has been criticized by Mr, 

 Adanfon at Paris \ but by a friend of Marattfs 

 defended, in the twentieth volume of the Nuova 

 Raccolta d'Opufcoli Filologici, printed at Venice 

 by Simone Occhi^ Botanopbili Romani ad R. Cl. 

 Virum J. C. Amadutium Ariminenfem Epiftola qua 

 CL Virum J. F. Marattium ab Adanfonii cenfuris 

 vindicat. 



I have made an excurfion to Oftia, to fee the 

 difemboguing of the Tiber into the fea. This 

 place is, at prefent, a village inhabited by malefac- 

 tors banifhed from Rome. Its air is very un- 

 wholefome in fummer-time. The road which 

 brought me there is the ancient Roman Via OJli- 

 enfis. and paved with black compact lava, as 

 found in monte Albano^ efpecially near Grotta fer- 

 rata* They were repairing it when I pafifed by, and 



* Inferted in Raccolia d'OpffcoIi Filologiei. 



this 



