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LVII. ExtraSls of fome Letters from Signor 
Abbate de Venuti, F . R. S. to J. Nixon, 
A. M. and F. R. S- relating to feveral 
Antiquities in Italy. 
Dear Sir, 
Rome, Sept. 27, 1759. 
Read March 20, — . 
1760. 
S OME days ago a fire accidentally 
broke out, where the Antonine 
column lay, near the Curia Innocenziana on Monte 
Citorio. It burnt the wooden props or fcaffolding, 
which fupported the column, and did fuch confider- 
able damage to the column itfelf, by caufing its fur- 
face to fhell off, that it will be very difficult to fet it 
up, if any attempt ffiould be made for that purpofe 
hereafter. 
A certain Greek epigram, lately dug up at Naples, 
relating to a boy, has occafioned feveral grammatical 
altercations among the literati in that part of the 
world j and thefe again have produced fome fmart 
lampoons and fatirical writings on each fide of the 
queflion. 
Many fingular flatues and relievos, lately difco- 
vered, have been fet up in the gardens of Cardinal 
Albani, without the Porta Salaria. Thefe, if you 
were among us, would afford a very agreeable enter- 
tainment to your curiofity. 
LETTER 
