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fome of them are pieces of workmanfhip extraordina • 

 rily fine. — About the walls are various antique bufts 

 of confuls, and on a table below them lies a collection 

 of deities in bronze, antient utenlils, inflruments, 

 lamps, &c. Over againfr. the entrance, in the temple, 

 is a door, through which one parTes into an adjoining 

 chamber, againrt the walls whereof are placed, in like 

 manner, antique burls, baffo-relievos, and infcriptions. 

 But the greateft treafure of all this cabinet is contained 

 in four large walnut-tree-cafes ; in one of which is a 

 collection of antient gold coins, in another of filver, 

 in the third of bronze, and in the fourth of antient 

 and modern gems. This latter is the mo ft confiderable, 

 and conlifts of nearly 11,000 pieces, wherein is com- 

 prifed the entire collection of baron Stofch, of wtiich 

 Winkelman has wrote the defcription. In this cabinet 

 tables are fet, on which vilitors may place the article 

 they wifh to examine more at leifure, which the in- 

 fpector is obligingly difpofed to encourage them to do, 

 as often as he perceives them to be perfons that have a 

 relilh for thefe objects. The king often came here 

 himfelf during the iummer, and examined the curiofl- 

 -ties at his eafe. For greater conveniency in handling 

 thefe cameos and intaglias, they are fet in rings, excep- 

 ting the larger! ones of all. 



You will readily imagine that I employed the whole 

 day in viewing thefe curionties, and that it was only 

 fufficient to a curfory furvey. I . fear left I may have 

 already tired you with my defcription; therefore, to 

 give you a little refpite, I lhall conclude this letter, 

 and relate what I have farther to fay in my next. 



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