' FROM THE CIRCASSIAN FRONTIER, 
interred. This was an antient cincture for the 
ankle, or a bracelet for the wrist, made of the 
purest massive gold. The soldiers employed 
in the undertaking stole whatsoever they deemed 
of value, and were able to conceal ; destroying 
other things not seeming to them to merit pre- 
servation. Among these was a number of vases 1 
of black terra-cotta, adorned with white orna- 
ments. The bracelet was reserved by General 
Vanderwcyde, to be sent to Petersburg, for the 
Emperor’s cabinet; but enough having been 
said of Russia to induce at least a suspicion that 
so valuable a relic may never reach its des- 
tination, a more particular description of it is 
necessary. Its weight equalled three quarters 
of a pound. It represented the body of a serpent, 
curved into an elliptical form, with two heads : 
these, meeting at opposite points, formed an 
opening for the wrist or ankle. The serpent 
heads were studded with rubies, so as to imitate 
eyes, and to ornament the back part of each 
head by two distinct rows of gems. The rest 
of the bracelet was also further adorned by rude 
( 1) A few of these vases were however sent to Moscow (according to 
the account given to us in the country); and they were there swallowed 
by the whirlpool which eugulphed in that city all that is dear to 
literature. Their local history is probably now lost; for the Russians, 
in their astonishing ignorance, call all works of this kind Etruscan, 
believing thereby to add to their value. 
