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Mr Roe on a Nexdy Discovered Temple. 
M. Humboldt next proceeds to consider the natural history of 
fossil organic remains, as connected with formations. This very 
interesting paper on petrifactions, has already appeared in No. 
xvii. of our Journal. 
Art. VI. — Description of a newly discovered Temple, at 
Cadachio, in Corfu. In a Letter to Sir James Macgrigor, 
Knt. By Samuel Roe, Esq., Surgeon, 78th Regiment. 
My Dear Sir James, 
Since i had the honour of seeing you, I have not observed 
any thing which demanded particular notice at this station, 
which was not more or less professional, and consequently re- 
ported to you through my superior officers. But of late, the 
Ruins of a Temple having been discovered, of very remote date, 
it has excited the interest of all travellers, and of others, who have 
visited the spot. 
I beg to lay before you the fullest account of the origin, si- 
tuation, extent, and present state of it, which it is in my power to 
give in the compass of a letter. In doing this, I am much in- 
debted to Colonel Whitmore, the Commanding Officer of En- 
gineers on this station, under whose orders the excavations have 
been carried on ; and, as they still work at the ruins, I shall ac- 
quaint you with any other discoveries which may be made from 
time to time. 
During last autumn, the springs in the island (which usually 
supply the Navy with water) being unprecedentedly low, the en- 
gineers were employed to ascertain how far their ancient sour- 
ces could be recovered. In this search for the feeders of the 
fountain,- the fluted shaft of a Doric column, rising above 
the soil, attracted attention. It was found in situ, and fur- 
ther excavation exposed the ground-plan of a Temple, situate 
63 feet 6| inches above the fountain, and about 99 feet 6f inches 
above the sea. 
I shall now endeavour to describe to you the situation of sur- 
rounding objects. About two miles from Corfu, in a SE. di- 
rection, is the high ridge of Mount Ascension, composed prin- 
cipally of sandstone, and covered thickly with luxuriant olive 
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