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    ^ flii db > & 6 ^ ancWier ^ dt 6 f eolymfls Will , swlier * '" of whteti ? ofljy a ( few reiHW * * t ^ iM ^ VBffliwih ^' Baaittica ; so tidjtad bi ^ uste tfce ^ ^ mM " ^^ x ^ Mh , ; Thir fetiildiBg is » ot so \ zx& as t ^^ eftiple :: ^^ h ; tou * -it i § mor ^ beautiful ; for the jMli& ^ w&eft §^!^ H Bf the > pric 6 r 3 ^ arfe less massive and more wuner- * c ^ s . ifee 4 ie 4 ifrfir nfive to front arid Sateen on eaeh side ^ Bofeh fr ^ ats hfcve interior have been

    a [^^ Smm ^ &rid the of the building is supposed to div ^ el Ifc ^ ^^' ^ ual ^ pa ^ by ' - ' c ^ wiiii ^ s placed in a straight line from § ne entrance to / thfe Other ; but of tfiese onlythree remain . The third rum is the Temple of Ceres , very much of the same form as that of Neptune * but on a much smaller scale , and its external columns in a % hter style , being thirty feet Kigh , on a base of twelve in circumference . The stone of which tfiese edifices ure constructed has evidently been forined by the petrifying waters

    of the Silaro ; for , though it is as durable as granite , H abound ? wit ^ i so many small cavities , as to resemble corls , It consists , in fact , of wood 9 and various other substances , which have been turned into stone . At Faesturri there are only three or four houses , and nothing which deserves the name of an inn . It was well that we had taken some provision with us ,

    otherwise we should have fared very ill . Having made our repast in the Temple of Neptune , between the bases of two enormous pillars , and having satisfied our curiosity with an inspection of this and the other ruins , we set out on our return , mounted on a couple of donkeys , oqr only choice of conveyance being between these stupid animals and a cart drawn by a yoke of exen . We were three hours in regaining our carriage , and : it was ten at night before we reached Salerno .

    The ruins of Psestimr are certainly well worth seeing , to those who profess to be amateurs in architecture ; but I am not sure that the general observer will find himself recompensed fpr aj ! the trouble and fatigue which he must iiecessanly incur in ordei to reach them * The journey from Salerno and back again is more than fift y miles ; and if , by way of shortening the day ' s work , strangers sleep at Eboli , they will suffer the iniseries of a bad inn .

    To those , however , who , from architectural taste , or the love of seeing every thing , are determined tp gp , I would recommend the plan of setting out very early in the morning in a carriage from Salerno to Ebo | i , thence taking saddle-horses to Psestum and back , and so returning at night in the same Garri&ge to Salerno ; for the last ten miles the road is so , b * jd , tfoat none should attempt it in a carriage but thoss who wish to b # oyerturn , e 4 jn a

    Uhisday I much regretted that I was iw botanist , wd I been , one , whftt a treat I ? should have had ! for I saw on ih ej bog many beautiful plante , which werd entirely < uew to roe * > I used- 'to ^ despite this study as trifling ^ nd vn manl y ^ bat oa this x ^ ccajsio ri it would « Wve afforded me a r ^ ion ^ L amuse-t ment ^ add beguiled the fatigues 06 the wuy . 1 m shout , the . more M ^ ngsi a manteams , 'ih ^ w ^ reaou £ ces l ^ iprQrideshiiwself wit ^

    ( ! -18 thw ttaviogseHtouc carriage'q » h toi ^ a ^ llo a Mare , with orders that it should wait for uBthere ^ we ^ took ) a ^ our-roared ) J boat ^ ; Smricai 9 a , 9 landing placCTikir the ; ^ asterfi extrenutyiotilhe ( auif of ^ ieipaQ ^ tThe . wfapleof this imst ib'Mr ^ Ui % OTiib . ' 8 e ^ a ^ j- ( iXhQfJ boUL itewiksi ^^ escenA pK € cipitQ ! UPly ietto the « ea , and appear to aflfordiittk or nQtlwng for the sustftaanjae o £ xmn ; yet va ^ Ufjg ^

    not pnty haa evm . fiin ^ n ^ Mitiiimj ^ . ^ % ground " Jhdaitachurch and ita village ,.. sonw ^ fiitbeini iaftitotion ? . w bie re it is di fiicult t <> imagine whjit could possibly be the ^ inducement for human beings to fix themselves . After rowing two hours , we landed at Amain , celebrated

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1828, page 838, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2567/page/38/