284 PHILOSOPHICAL TRANSACTIONS. [aNNO 16/6, 



or repairing of nature, and a kind of moral architecture. This he promised 

 An. ]624; and he made many essays, and began some chapters, but could 

 never bring his design to so much perfection, as could give satisfaction to his 

 own mind and intentions. In this our author, who is pleased to conceal his name, 

 is very full and punctual, with instructions proper for all conditions of human 

 life, particularly for the generous : having reduced the best of ancient and mo- 

 dern advisos into a compact method, and mixed it with a very great variety of 

 his own seasonable suggestions. 



V. Bathoniensium et Aquisgranensium Thermarum Comparatio, variis Ad- 

 junctis illustrata, a R. P. Lond. 1676, 8vo. 



A treatise on the Bath and Aix la Chapelle mineral waters. 



VI. Vinetum Britannicum, or a Treatise of Cider, and such other Wines and 

 Drinks, as are extracted from all manner of Fruits growing in this Kingdom ; 

 with the Method of Propagating all sorts of Vinous Fruit Trees. And a De- 

 scription of a New-invented Engine or Mill, for the more expeditious and better 

 Making of Cider. Also the Method of making Metheglin and Birch Wine ; 

 with Copper-plates. By J. W. Gentleman, in Bvo. 



This is done by the worthy author of Systema Agriculturse in folio^ and is 

 esteemed an ingenious and useful work. 



Observations made during Travels from Fenice, through Istria, Dalmatitty Greece, 

 and the Archipelago, to Smyrna, By Mr. Franc.ix Vernon. N*' 124, p. 575, 



In Istria we saw Pola, an ancient republic. There remains yet an amphi- 

 theatre entire : it is of two orders of Tuscan pillars, placed one over another, 

 and the lower pillars stand on pedestals, which is not ordinary ; for commonly 

 they have nothing but their bases to support them. There are besides a tem- 

 ple dedicated to Rome and Augustus, a triumphal arch built by a lady of the 

 family of the Sergii, in honour of some of her kindred, who commanded in 

 these countries ; besides several inscriptions and ancient monuments in divers 

 parts of the town. 



In Dalmatia I saw Zahara, anciently called Jadera, which is now the metro- 

 polis of the country. It is now very well fortified, being encompassed on three 

 sides with the sea, and that part which is toward the land well defended by 

 all the contrivances of art, having a castle and a rampart of very lofty bastions 

 to guard it. Here are several ancient inscriptions. What is most worth seeing 

 in Dalmatia, is Spalatro ; where is Dioclesian's palace, a vast and stupendous 

 fabric, where he resided, when he retreated from empire. It is as large as the 

 whole town ; which indeed is built out of its ruins, and from which it is said to 

 take its name. The building is massive ; within it is an entire temple of Jupiter, 



