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made up of different coloured stones. It represents a city surrounded with walls, 

 having 4 towers, one at each corner ; and has since been taken up, to be placed 

 with other beautiful antique pavements in the king's galleiy. 



Extract of a Letter Jrom Camillo Paderni, dated at Naples, Jan. 1755. 



October '22, 1754, was found a bust in bronze, larger than the life, and of 

 excellent Greek workmanship ; which from some circumstances may be thought 

 to be a Syrian king. It has eyes of white marble, like many other busts, which 

 have been met with. November 27, was discovered the figure of an old fawn, 

 or rather a Silenus, represented as sitting on a bank ; with a tyger lying on his 

 left side, on which his hand rested. Both these figures served to adorn a foun- 

 tain, and fi-om the mouth of the tyger had flowed the water. This Silenus was 

 of bronze, and of good workmanship. The head was crowned with ivy, the 

 body all over hairy, and the thighs covered with a drapery. 



From the same spot were taken out, November 29, three little boys of bronze, 

 of a good manner. Two of these are young fawns, having the horns and ears 

 of a goat. They have silver eyes, and each a goat-skin on his shoulder, in 

 which they anciently put wine, and through which here the water issued. The 

 third boy is also of bronze, has silver eyes, is of the same size with the two for- 

 mer, and in a standing posture like them, but is not a fawn. On one side of 

 this last stood a small column, on the top of which was a comic mass, that 

 served as a capital to it, and discharged water from its mouth. All the figures 

 before described are two palms in height without their bases. 

 • December 16, in the same place were discovered another boy, with another 

 mask, and 3 other fawns ; in all respects like those which were found the 27 th 

 and 29th of November, except that there was no tyger. Besides these, they 

 met with 2 little boys in bronze, somewhat less than the former. These like- 

 wise were in a standing posture, had silver eyes, and held each of them a vase, 

 with handles, on his shoulder ; hence the water flowed. They also dug out an 

 old fawn, crowned with ivy, having a long beard, a hairy body, and sandals on 

 his feet. He sat astride on a large goat skin, holding it at the feet with both 

 his hands, from which had issued a larger quantity of water than from the 

 others ; though the fawn himself is of the same size with the former. 



All the above-mentioned figures were taken out of a place not exceeding 8 

 palms square, and were covered with the ruins of the building ; for they were 

 not in a garden, but in a room paved with mosaic work, the remaining part of 

 which we are now going on to examine. We have likewise found a large 

 quantity of household furniture, made of earthen and iron ware, and some glass. 



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