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ing him to play upon that inftrument. But the 
moft remarkable circumftance in the figure of Chi- 
ron is his repofing his hinder parts on his left haunch 
upon the ground. Yet this attitude, as well as the 
other particulars mentioned above, is expreffed in an 
antique gem, of which I have feen a copy at Rome. 
I fhall conclude this paper with an account of the 
flatues, which ftand in feveral rooms adjoining to 
the unfinifhed part of the palace, and were found 
(as to the far greater number) at or near Hercula- 
neum. 
In the Firjl Room. 
An equeftrian marble ftatue of M. Nonius Balbus 
the elder, which is intended to be placed in a large 
entrance on the eaft fide of the palace, to anfwer to 
that of his fon, which is already fet up on the other 
fide, facing the bay of Naples. 
In the Second. 
Nero and Germanicus, confiderably larger than 
the life, but fqueezed fomewhat flat by the weight 
of the lava, or other ruins, with which they were 
once overwhelmed. 
A man in a facrificing habit. 
Two others in the toga, and two women in the 
thefe are of bronze. 
Statues of marble depofited here are the follow- 
ing, viz. 
At the entrance, a matron larger than nature, with 
ftrong expreffion in her face. 
O 2 Two 
