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mixed together, that it is far eafier to conceive, 

 than to defcribe it : The Ruin in general is not 

 to be exprefibd. 



5. " Having given your Lordfliip this general 

 account, I w^ill now^ run over the moft remark- 

 able particulars, I fav^, juft as they feem to 

 me, without pretending to order -, for, as I have 

 hinted already, it was impoffibleformetoknow 

 in what order they ftand, in refpect to each 

 other. I faw the Infide of a Rotund, which 

 may have been a Temple 5 it is crowned with 

 a Dome, it may be about thirty foot in 

 diameter, but I forbear to fay any thing it 

 meafures, for they will allow of none to be 

 taken near it: I faw the lower part of a Corin- 

 thian Column, upon the loftieft proportioned 

 Brick Pedeftal I ever obferved 3 and thereabouts 

 fdme very folid Brick Buildings. 



6. *' I foon afterwards pafled over, what by 

 the length we faw of it, appears to have been 

 a very vaft Mofaic Pavement : We foon after- 

 wards perceived ourfelves to be got into the 

 infide of a Dwelling-houfe : The Rooms ap- 

 pear to have been but fmall ; they are lined 

 with Stucco, and painted with a Ground of a 

 deep Red, adorned with Compartments, either 

 of a white or light Yellow, and of fome other 

 Colours, our Lights were not good enough to 

 make us diftinguifh : In thefe Compartments 



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