ET. 28.] JOURNAL. 197 
kind of churches, which were mostly established upon 
the foundations of ancient temples, or they were these 
temples themselves turned into churches. . . . 
As I emerged from the Coliseum I stood between 
the Palatine and the Ceelian Hills, the Arch of Con- 
stantine just before me, the Arch of Titus in view on 
the right hand, and just beyond the Roman Forum, 
all crowded with ruins; the very soil is mouldering 
brickwork and fragments of columns. Here I spent 
the greater part of the morning, silent and undis- 
turbed, finding out by the description the ruins as they 
presented themselves. 
The journal is so long that most of the Italian, more 
especially the Roman, journey must be omitted. Dr. 
Gray, as is shown, was a busy sightseer, enjoying the 
historical and romantic associations with his natural 
enthusiasm. Here began his great love of painting, 
of sculpture, and of srubieinw: he carried the de- 
tails of churches and cathedrals in his memory re- 
markably, recognizing quickly a print or photograph 
of something he had seen perhaps thirty years before ; 
he had the memory for form which helped him so 
much in his science. He was a good critic of paint- 
ing and enjoyed extremely his favorite pictures, liking 
to wander off alone to enjoy them. Titian on the 
whole ranked highest in his estimation. He enjoyed 
much of the old church music, though his preference 
in music was for simple songs, hymns especially, and 
the old tunes to which words had long been wedded. 
There are many quotations from Byron and Rogers in 
the original journal. For Byron, with his brilliant 
deseriptions and versification, he always kept much 
feeling; and his great love of natural scenery had 
play. 
