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form, with two upright double handles, which spring 
from the necks of swans. The body of the vase in front 
is enriched with a group of Bacchanalians. Pt. 1. PI. ix. 
No. 10. A fountain ornamented with ivy and olive 
branches. The water was conveyed through a perfora¬ 
tion in the back part of this monument to a serpent’s 
head, in which a leaden pipe was introduced, part of 
which still remains in the mouth. Pt. 1. PI. x. 
No. 11. A colossal head of Hercules, dug up at the 
foot of Mount Vesuvius, where it had been buried by the 
lava of that volcano. From the collection of Sir William 
Hamilton, Pt. 1. PI. xi. 
No. 12. A colossal head of Hercules, in a very ancient 
style of Greek sculpture. Pt. 1. PI. xii. 
No. 13. A fragment of one of the three supports of a 
tripod basin, composed of the head and neck of a lion. On 
the forehead are the horns of a goat. Pt. 1. PI. xiii. 
No. 14. The capital or upper division of a votive 
cippus. Pt. 1. PI. XIV. 
No. 15. The key-stone of a triumphal arch, orna¬ 
mented with a figure of Victory elaborately hollowed out 
between the two volutes. This fragment is inserted in a 
modern pedestal. Pt. 1. PI. xv. 
No. 16. A colossal head of Minerva, a specimen of 
early Greek work. Pt. 1. PI. xvi. 
THIRD ROOM. 
GREEK AND ROMAN SCULPTURES. 
No. 1. A bas-relief, representing an old Faun strug¬ 
gling with a nymph. Pt. 2. PI. i. 
No. 2. Ditto, representing a candelabrum. Pt. 2. 
PI. n. 
No. 3. Ditto, representing a funeral column, near 
which is a statue of the god of Lampsacus. Pt. 2. PI. iii. 
No. 4. Ditto, representing Bacchus received as a 
guest by Icarus. Pt. 2. PI. iv. 
No. 5. Ditto, representing warriors consulting the 
oracle of Apollo. Pt. 2. PI. v. 
No. 6. Ditto, in the flat early style of Grecian sculp¬ 
ture. It represents Castor managing a horse. Pt. 2. 
PI. vi,^ 
