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THE EGEEIAN FOUNTAIN ON THE PINCTO, ROME. THE VATICAN IN THE DISTANCE. 
have been found all over Greece, the most remark- 
able being the sweet waters at the Erectheus in Athens, 
and the vapor spring which was utilized by the Oracle 
at Delphi. Even now, certain tribes of North Amer- 
ican Indians make offerings annually to the “Spirit 
of the Waters” at some chosen spring. 
The Romans, as well as more ancient peoples, were 
devoted to aquatic displays, and their popular water 
nymph, Egeria, is immoralized in literature and art. 
Horace sang the praise of fountains and Petrarch de- 
clared that the splash and murmur of the waters at 
Vaucluse inspired his verses. Certain it is that he 
lingered in that enchanted spot until the pope com- 
manded his presence in Rome, where, because of the 
enormous aqueducts, he found a city of fountains chis- 
eled in stone and marble and gay with mosaics. 
The most artistic fountain in Rome is the Tar- 
tarughe, the design of which has been attributed to 
Raphael; the ugliest, the Termini, by Rreciano, who 
is said to have died of spleen over the taunts of the 
NEPTUNE FOUNTAIN AT SCHoNBRUNN, NEAR VIENNA, AUSTRIA. 
