ST. PETER S OF ROME. 393 
l^^prelienditig the aqueduct on the top, is 174 feet 3 inches, 
the leno'th, between the two mountains, which it unites, 
1^23 feet.° Tlie order of the architecture is Tuscan ; but 
It is inconceivable. By scooping the bases of 
' ( pilasters of the second tier of arches, a passage was mado 
foot travellers ; but although the ancients fir excelled the 
f .'j'ierns in point bf beauty and magnificence, they certainly 
short of them in point of convenience. The inhabitants 
V Avignon have, in this particular, improved the Roman 
by a new bridge liy apposition, constructed on the 
plan with that of the lower tier of arches, of which 
It seems to be a part, alFording a broad and com- 
V^ious passage over the river, to horses and carriages. 
aqueduct for the continuance of which tins superb 
f Was raised, conveyed a stream of pure water from tiie 
t]''^QtainofEure, near the city of Uzes, and extended nearly 
^leagues in length. 
^0 enable the reader to form a comparative judgment 
ancient and modern aqueducts, a delineation of the 
t''*® at the Peat Forest Canal, stretching from the 
Canal which extends from Manchester towards 
I h akefigij^ jg introduced in the plate, beneath that of the 
du Gard. 
ST. Peter’s of home. 
piazza of this masterpiece of architecture is altogether 
The double colonnade on each side, extending in 
''^tini-circular sweep ; the stupendous Egyptian obelisk ; 
two fountains ; tire portico ; and the admirable fiqade 
J. die church; form such an asserablap of magnificent 
as cannot fail to impre.ss the mind with awe and 
(j':'*'iration. The church appears in the hack-ground, and 
j‘‘ each side is a row of quadruple arches, resting on two 
l]^'''dred and eighty-four pillars, and eighty-eight pilasters ; 
arches sinrport otre hundred ar*l ninety-two statues, 
t-Hve feel In height. The two noble fountains throw a 
of water to the height of nine feet, from which it fahs 
^.j.^ very picturesque manner, and adds greatly to the beauty 
die .scene. In the centre is the fine obelisk. 
„_At the first entrance into St. Peter’s, the_ effect is not so 
as might be expected : it enlarges itself, however, 
*^Csibly on al' sides, and mends on the eye every moment- 
