BABBAGE ON THE TEMPLE OF SERAFIS. 213 



Mr. Darwin published his views on those subjects, from which, 

 amongst several other very important inferences, it resulted, that he 

 had, from a large induction of facts, arrived at exactly the same con- 

 clusion as that which it has been the chief object of this paper to 

 account for, from the action of known and existing causes. 



APPENDIX. 



No. 1. Periods in the history of the Temple, founded on observation , 

 or inferred from Geological and Physical evidences, 



1. Ancient mosaic pavement constructed 5 feet below the floor of 

 the temple. 



2. Dark mcrustation, round the walls, formed previous to any 

 filling up of the temple. 



3. First filling up of the temple to the height of about 7 feet above 

 the floor. 



4. Period during which the great calcareous deposit ^vas forming 

 in the freshwater lake made by the hot spring. 



5. Partial destruction of the temple. 



6. Corrosion round several of the columns just above the calcareous 

 deposit. 



7. Second filling up to the height of about \^\ feet, 



8. Further destruction of the temple and subsidence below the 

 level of the sea : perforations in the columns. 



9. Third filling up to the height of from 20 to 35 feet above the 

 floor of the temple. 



10. Re-elevation of the temple above the present level of the sea. 



11. Excavation of the temple in 1750. 



12. Gradual subsidence of the temple between 1828 and 1845. 



No. 2. Dates of Historical facts connected with the Temple of 

 Serapis. 



B.C. 



1. Colonization of Puteoli, according to Livy, lib. xxxiv. 24 194 



2. Lex Parietis faciendi 105 



3. Eruption of Vesuvius, destruction of Pompeii and Her- a. d. 

 culaneum 79 



4. Probable time of construction of the temples whose re- 

 mains now exist, toward the end of the 2nd century. 



5. Eruption of Vesuvius 203 



6. The temple adorned with precious marbles by Septimius 

 Severus between 194 and 211 



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