ADDITIONAL NOTES 
Page 7. “ The Chinese possess the art of perfecting such works .”] As all siliceous 
concretions are soft and moist when first removed from the stratum wherein they 
have been deposited, it is probable that Jade , with whose natural history we are little 
acquainted, hardens by exposure to the atmosphere ; and that the Chinese, who give 
it such various shapes, avail themselves of its softness, when fresh dug, in order to 
manufacture it. The chymical analysis of this mineral was only lately ascertained. 
Jade is an alkaliferous silex , containing also lime: its proper place, in a mineralogica! 
system, ought to be with Obsidian and Pitchstone. 
P. 39. “ The servant of the Imperial Consul at the Dardanelles performed this feat, 
&c.”]- Lord Byron, in company with Lieutenant Ekenheid of the Salsette frigate, 
swam across the Hellespont, upon the third of May, 1810. They were only an hour 
and five minutes in completing the passage. See “ Childe Harolde’s Pilgrimage,’ 11 
p. 178. London, 1812® - 
F. 368. “ We observed also that reticulated stucco, which is commonly considered as an 
evidence of Roman work The extraordinary appearance of the opus reticulatum( a) 
in this building, being irreconcilable with Jewish masonry, may lead to a very curious, 
if not important inference, concerning these foundations. The author Avas at first in¬ 
clined to believe, with Phocas and Golius,(b) that they were the remains of the tem¬ 
pi e of Solomon, as it Avas restored by Herod a few years before the Christian aera.(c) 
Judaea, it is true, Avas then a Roman province ; but it does not necessarily follow, 
either that Roman workmen were employed-,-(d) or that the Roman taste Avas consult¬ 
ed in the style of the superstructure. Upon maturer deliberation, after duly consi¬ 
dering Avhat has been Avritten upon the subject, particularly by Chrysostom, there 
seems every reason for believing, that, in the foundations here alluded to, we have'a 
standing memorial of Julian’s discomfiture, when be attempted to rebuild the temple ; 
and perhaps of a nature which might have satisfied Lardner himself,(e) that his doubts 
concerning the fact Avere unwarrantable. Ammanianus Marcellin us, whose testimony, 
as that of a Heathen writer, confounded even Gibbon’s incredulity,(f) pretty plainly 
indicates that some progress had been made in the work, before the prodigy occurred 
which rendered the place inaccessible to the artificers Avhom Julian had employed. 
It is expressly stated by him,(g) that Alypius of Antioch was earnestly employed in 
carrying on the building, and that the governor of the province was assisting the ope¬ 
ration when the flames burst forth Chrysostom, alluding to the fact, as notorious, 
and attested by living Avitnesses, says,(h) “ Yea, they may vieav the foundations 
LYING STILL BARE AND NAKED; AND IF YOU ASK THE REASON, YOU WILL MEET WITH 
no other account beside that'.which i have given.” From these concurring tes¬ 
timonies, and from the extraordinary remaining evidence of the opus reticulatum , it 
can hardly be denied but that an appeaVmay be made to these remains as the very work 
to which Chrysostom alludes. The Avords of Ammianus(i) seem to warrant a similar 
conclusion : Metuendi globi Jtammarum prope fundamenta crebis assultibus erum .=> 
(a) See Winklema.nn Hist, de VArt. tom. ii. p. 561. Par, an. 2. 
fb) See p. 368 of this volume. 
(c) Josephus, lib. xv, Antiq. c. 14. Colon. 169! 
(d) Indeed , the text of Josephus seems to prove the contrary ; for he states , that the Jewish 
priests were employed to superintend the plan of the work, and the labours of the artifu 
cers , Vid. lib. xv. de Antiq. c. 14. Colon. 1691. 
(e) Lardner made objection to the miraculous interposition , and even doubted the at¬ 
tempt. (Testimonies, vol. IV. pp. 61, 64.) All the authorities cited for the fact ar% 
brought together by J. Alb. Fabricius. Lardner, however, is not satisfied with them ; al¬ 
though Gibbon was compelled to sciy f j such authority should satisfy a believing , and must 
astonish an incredulous mind." The reader may examine Mosheim’s Remarks, Eccl, 
Hist. Maclaine’s Transit vol. I. p. 332. also Moyle’s Posthumous Works, vol. II, 
pp. 100, 101. 
(f) Hist, vol TV. c. 23- London, 1807. 
(g) Ammian. Marcellin. lib. xxiii c. 1. Lips. 1773. 
(h) Chrysostom, advers. Jud. etc. as cited by Whitby in his General Preface. See also. 
West on the Resurrection ; and Newton on the Prophecies, (Works,) vol. I. p. 447. 
London, 1782. 
(i) Ammian. Marcellin. ubi supra, 
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