cotta lamp bearing upon its crown in bas-relief the legend of "Leda

and the Swan," was presented to me as a souvenir of the occasion,

though it is usual for the Government to place in its museums

everything of such value that is unearthed.

>From Naples to Rome by rail was our next journey. In the Eternal

City we saw picture-galleries, churches, and ruins in plenty, but all

these have been so well described by hundreds of other travelers that

I shall not linger even to name them. While at Rome we also