xvii LIST OF ENGRAVINGS. FRONTISPIECE OF VOL. I. View of the TEMPLE of FORTUNA VIRILIS, and that of VESTA, at ROME. This edifice is situated near the Tiber: it is considered as among the most ancient structures in Rome, its erection being attributed to SERVIUS TULLIUS, who dedicated it to FORTUNA VIRILIS, Manly Fortune, not that fickle goddess whose favours are scattered at random, but rather to that deity whose determinate choice and judgment rewards virtuous and active merit; SERVIUS himself having been raised from a low degree to regal dignity. At present this building is used as a Church by the Armenian communion, according to their ritual, being granted to them by Pius IV and it is dedicated to Sr. MARY of EGYPT: their dwelling is close adjoining. The Ruins at the left edge of the print, are the remains of an ancient erection commonly called The House of PILATE. The Temple of VESTA, at the extreme right, is the subject of the Frontispiece of Vol. II. View on the LAKE of GENEVA page 76 View of the SEPULCHRE of CECELIA METELLA, at View of the ARCH of TITUS, at ROME View of the HISTORICAL COLUMN of ANTONINUS, View of TRAJAN'S COLUMN, at ROME 300 387 388 . 389 424 425 FRONTISPIECE OF VOL. II. View of the TEMPLE of VESTA, and that of FORTUNA VIRILIS, at ROME. This edifice is situated in the region of the CIRCUS MAXIMUS. Antiquaries are divided in opinion respecting the divinity to whom it was dedicated; some thinking it was sacred to Hercules, others to Portumnus, others to the goddess Matuta, others to Cybele, others to Volupia; but the general opinion is that it was devoted to VESTA; and this is supported by the medals of several Emperors; also by the expressions of HORACE, Book I. Ode 2. Although this building was formerly dedicated to ST. STEPHEN, a modern miracle of little importance has procured it the name of Our Lady of the Sun, from a ray of light reported to have issued from a coloured print of the Virgin xviii LIST OF ENGRAVINGS. MARY, about A.D. 1560. The Temple of FORTUNA VIRILIS, seen in the distance, is the subject of the Fron- Distant View of MOUNT VESUVIUS, in Eruption page 127 170 View of the Lava of MOUNT VESUVIUS, in its Course 134 This pyramid is about one hundred feet high, by eighty-five C. CESTIVS. L. F. POB. EPVLO. PR. TR. PL. Indicating that "CAIUS CESTIUS was the Son of LUCIUS, OPVS ABSOLVTVM EX TESTAMENTO DIEBVS CCCXXX. ARBITRATU PONTI. P. F. CLA. MELAE HEREDIS ET POTHI. L. Informing us that "this work was performed according to the will of the deceased, in three hundred and thirty days, by order of PONTIUS MELA, Son of PUBLIUS, of the Claudian Tribe, an heir, and of PoTHUS his freed-man." Pope ALEXANDER VII having dug round the base, made the little door way, and did sundry reparations, as we learn by the lower inscription: INSTAVRATVM. AN. DOMINI. MDCLXIII. 240 JACQUES-FRENCH DILIGENCE, AND HORSES ROUEN BRIDGE OF BOATS-CATHEDRAL-MONUMENTS-FESTIVAL -AND CATHOLIC SERVICE. YESTERDAY, Tuesday, I set out on my longprojected Tour; and as I now, at Brighton, having reached this first simple stage of my many-miled expedition, gaze on the ocean which fronts me, so soon to waft me far away, how many mingled emotions arise! With whatever eagerness we may have longed to depart on a continental tour; whatever advantages we may possess in the unlimited command of our time; in the enjoyment of health, or in a buoyancy of spirits which may make us indifferent to temporary privations, or to personal risks; whatever may be our hopes of enlarging our information, or of extending our acquaintance from the Introductory Letters we may bear with us into society abroad; in fine, whatever pleasurable emotions may have gladdened us in our anticipation of the day of departure:-yet, when the hour of separa B |