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CHAP, her hand hanging negligently over his right 
V -V / shoulder. They are delineated sitting upon a 
rock. By the right side of this groupe stands 
a male figure, naked ; and upon the left, a female, 
half clothed, presenting something, inform like an 
antient helmet. Before them, female Bacchanals 
are introduced, singing, or playing upon musical 
instruments. In the lower fragments of this ex- 
quisite piece of sculpture are seen Satyrs pouring 
wine from skins into a large vase. Others are 
engaged in seizing an animal, as a victim for 
sacrifice : the animal has the appearance of a 
tiger, or a leopard '. These beautiful remains of 
Grecian sculpture may have been brought from 
HalicarnassuSy Cnidus, or one of those other cities 
of^^za ilfmor where the art attained to such high 
perfection ; or they may have all resulted from 
the destruction of some magnificent edifice by 
which the island was formerly adorned. Columns 
of cipolino, breccia, and granite^ together with 
masses of the finest marble, either upon the shore, 
or in the courts and inclosures belonging to the 
inhabitants, or used in constructing the walls 
of the town and fortress, in the public fountains. 
(l) We also saw here the remains of a sculptured 7uarble frieze, 
exhibiting festoons supported by antient masks. The principal part 
of it is in the land side of the castle, over the entrance, where may 
also be observed part of a CorintJdan cornice of the finest workmanship. 
