262 FROM THE PASSAGE OF MOUNT H^EMUS, 
CHAP. THEM THE CUP OF CONSOLATION TO DRINK FOR 
. THEIR FATHER OR FOR THEIR MOTHER*." Some- 
times allusion has been made to these funeral 
feasts in antient inscriptions, recording legacies 
made for their maintenance; as in that remark- 
able fragment from Ravenna, cited by Faes, in 
his Commentary upon Gyraldiis^ ; to which the 
Reader is referred for a copious body of infor- 
mation concerning the EpuLiE ferales. 
Approach ^^ ^^ drcw Hcar to Bukorest, we had a view 
Bukorest ^^ ^^ h\g\\ suowy mountaiiis of Transylvania, 
forming a barrier behind it. The postillions 
belonging to all the carriages drove at a furious 
rate, in spite of the deep impression made in 
the soil by the wheels. The Ambassadors car- 
riage was foremost in our procession. As it 
Reception approachcd the town, we saw a complete camp, 
bassadfr?" formcd ou the outside of Bukorest, with an 
immense body of horsemen drawn up before 
the tents, like an army of cavalry, with silk 
(1) Jerem. cap, xvi. 6, 7. 
(2) VT-QVOTANNIS- ROSAS- AD* MONIMENTVM 
EJVS-DEFERANT-ET-IBI -EPVLENTVR 
DVNTAX AT • IN • V • EID • JVLIAS 
See also the other inscriptions given by Faes, apud Gregor. Gyrald. 
''de Vario Sepeliendi Riiu" Animadv. torn. I. p. 743. Not. 15, 
L.Bat. 1696. 
