1808 J Lord Elgin's Collection of Aniwnisies From Aihens. 
composed ef twelve parts of agrimony, 
two of rese-leaves, and two of rosemary, 
which is said to: be very agreeable, and’ 
‘some packets of it have lately been. ex- 
ported to the West Indies and Brazil. 
After, all, it is not. very probable that 
any suecedaneum. will sgon.’ supersede 
what has now obtained sa universally: 
the high prices of tea so much. felt. 
and complained of by the lower classes, 
can never be a sufficient object with ‘the 
higher ranks, to make them leave it.of 5 
and. their example “both, in food,. dress, 
and amusements, 13, always fclipwed by 
their inferiors. ‘To the seemingly invin- 
cible power of habit, fasizion, however, 
forms a counterbalance; and the veneral 
, adoption, of tea, will ak last prove its” 
ownfall; sas what is now the common 
‘beveraye of labourers and basket-women, 
- smnust soon be thought too vulgar for the 
tables of. courtiers and. princes; and 
whenever the dords. of the world ‘shall 
abandon tea, for some new luxury, were. 
it cassia buds, or cubebs, a cup of cassia 
“er eubeb will next find its: way to the cot-. 
tage, and the great, Tchien I 
beforea single British: keel cut the Pee 
kiang in quest of it, Puy TOPUILUS. 
Lo the Editor-of the J Monthly ‘Mag GUgiNe. 
SIR, 
VER since the vear 1762, when. the 
E first.velume of Stuart's Athens made 
dig/appearance, has the spublic curiosity 
been raised to the highest pitch, to view 
even sinall fragments of the sculpture 
still abounding ini that celebréited:city ang 
its wiemmity. 1 well remember the pride 
with which the aychitect Reveley, who 
was there with Dr. Richard W orsleyy 
once shewed me a pieee of a moulding 
hat for many years he 
ried aboutwithhim, andpwhich was equi ally 
remarkable for the-delic RCY of its fish, 
gand, the, justness of its proportions, 
ae tat: petiod, another Tees ra 
had 
Mr. Walker,.brought over a few frag- 
a tN ene of which, acetal figure in 
bas-relief, now, im my. 8 séssion, he had: 
carriédon a mule above 800 mules. But 
Tkndw of nothing else of sany size, or 
likely 'to conv cay to us an idea of the gran- 
deur of art, at the Spey of the building 
of the tenmple in the Acropolis, until Lox 
Elgin, availing himself of his ‘adeant tage- 
ous situation at le gehnbomd bee found 
means to acquire that noble collection, 
now happily’ deposited near Hyde-F bark 
Corer, in a binlding erected purposely 
for their security; andy on Saturdays and 
ees i -% 
hod ; 
carefully ear. 
our attention. 
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Sindays, most liberally opened t to the dR 
spection of the public, as such ‘things 
ought to be, without fee or reward, or - 
even the cesta of! done eres applica- 
tion. 
These now consist first of a candied 
‘able: part. of the frieze that surrounded 
the porticos under the sothit of Peripte- 
rous. Whey are three feet tour inches ia 
hei ght, and were continued all round dye 
outside of the wallaf the temple; so that 
-the whole, consisting of a procession, 
measured above five-hundred feet This: 
procession was’ the Panathenvic, consis- 
-ting ef horsemen and char ioteers, some 
clothed in the ‘chlamys: and tumie, others 
in the tunic only, and many, as frow 
the bath, qa naked. 
Ainong those of Lord: Elein’s eied 
are the three scaphephori, or men carry. 
ing trays, the. sacyificers of the ox, th 
noble sitting figures of Neptune ' ase Ce" 
ves, the Hydriaphore, or Women carry+ 
ing pitchers’ of water, the Canephore,” oF 
a 
- basket car riers, and others that I cannot 
now recollect; for, at the first view of 
aug may. such stupendous works of art, the mind 
chant his Mooley-wha, till he is “weary ye 
13 too much elated tor the memery to ex 
ert its activity with precision, Next we 
find the ovreater part of the WMetepes : 
_the fneze of the south side;> many i 
‘fine presenvation, and nearly statues: ae 
they «are in Very protuberant’ alto-relie- 
vo, Consisting of pavt.ef ‘the groupes of 
figureson the south side also, which were. 
ninety-two ina nuniber, each represent- 
ing a céentcur combating one of the Ld 
nithes, all infinitely varied, and some 
not much injured by the band of tine, 
Thus we are become possessed’ of. tx 
species of specimens.of Gregk. sculpture 
ii their utmost perfection > but what 
‘renders this noble museum: complete, is, 
we find: these. entire figures from. the 
pediment, and statues of the. Curyutidas 
from the temple_ot Hrechiheus, in the | 
most perfect preservation. 
Of the statues. from, the. pedimens, 
that of ‘Theseus reposing on a skin of 
the feline kind is the first that commands 
{t. was, LT apprehend, to 
the right of the westerm pediment of the 
portico, that, in the time of Stuart and 
Rarely, was a mere fragment: of @-vast: 
pediment, filled with excelient sculpture. 
This. figure is reposing, nearly’ naked} 
withthe head, trank, and Jimbs, aloabet 
entstes every part 18 simple, composed; 
aid di ered "it ig a4 genuine fine spect: 
mph os what the Ttallans- would ‘call the 
Pastose, in marble, soft; plump, and 
flesliy,. looking eee like.a figure covered - 
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