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in refpeft to one of them. Thofe, which I have 
opened, are philofophical tracts, the fubjedts of which 
are known to me ; but I am not at liberty to be 
more explicit. When they are publifhed, they (hall 
be immediately conveyed to you. The firfi: papyri , 
of which I formerly acquainted you, were in a fe- 
parate room, adjoining to the before- mentioned pa- 
lace. 
CIII. ExtraEl of a Letter from Sir James 
Gray, Bart, his Majefty s Envoy to the 
King of Naples, to the Right Honourable 
Sir Thomas Robinfon, Knight of the 
Bath , one of his Majefly s Secretaries of 
State , relating to the fame Difcoveries at 
Herculaneum. 
Naples, O&ober 29, 1754. 
Read Dec. 12, /^Everal curious and valuable things 
* 75+ ‘ are daily found in the mine of an- 
tiquities at Portici. They have lately met with more 
rolls of Papyri of different lengths and fizes, fome 
with the Umbilicus remaining in them ; the greater 
part are Greek in fmall capitals. The Canonico 
Mazocchi, who is much efteemed for his learning 
and knowlege of antiquity, is employed in copying 
and explaining five intire columns, that have been 
lately unrolled off one of the Papyri , which gives 
fome hopes of farther difcoveries. This manufcript 
treats of mufic and poetry. The Epicurean phi- 
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