^ P P E N D I X, No. V. !t7 



" This canal we can bear teftimony to. The errors of Wood 

 " feem to arife from the overlooking this circumflance. As for 

 " Strabo, he had nevv°r vifited the fpot in all probability, and 

 " relied on the authority of Demetrius of Scepfis. 



*' At Athens wa fell in with Mr FauvaLj a very ingenious 

 ** artift, long in the fervice of M. de Choiseul, who affuredus, 

 " that M. Chevalier's account of the goblet^ difcovered in the 

 " tomb of Achilles, is perfedlly fabulous. It originated, it 

 " feems, from the fragments of a fmall bronze figure, whichj 

 " when he had cleaned, and put together, proved to be a very 

 " curious image of Minerva. He fhewed us a cafl which he 

 " had made of it in plafter of Paris. 



*' This gentlenian fliewed us fome genuine Etrufcan vafes^ 

 ** difcovered in tumuli he had opened in Attica. This will throw 

 '* new light on the hiftory of art. For my Own part, I confider 

 *' the Etrufcan as nothing elfe than the early Greek ftyle." 



1 have copied more than I intended when I took Mr Haw- 

 kins's letter into my hand; but you will think probably that 

 the whole is interefling. Ever moft truly and cordially yovirs, 



Robert Liston, 



No. VI. {t^6. S5^ 5^» 57' ^2. 72.). 

 M. Chevalier to Mr Dalzelj 



Monsieur et cher Ami, Londres,.ce 11 Av?-il 1796. 



J' a I re9U votre reponfe du 2, et j'ai ete enchante d'apprendre 

 que M. rAmbaffadeur Liston avoit prit la peine d'aller verifier 



lui^ 



