CHAP. surrounded by fine woods. Here we found an excellent inn.

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The next day (May 29) we continued our route, admiring the great richness of the country, the beauty of the roads adorned with large trees, and the fine views which the Danube occasionally presented. As we approached Vienna on its eastern side, the prospect which we had of the city disappointed us: many of the smaller towns in Germany, and even some of its villages, exhibit more grandeur. But this view of it is not the best: that from the south-east is more favourable'. The principal public building is the Cathedral of St. Stephen, which is said to be much higher than St. Paul's of London: but having a single spire, instead of a majestic dome; its external appearance is by no means equally magnificent. The aspect of the interior of the city, however, as we entered the streets, fully corresponded with the expectations we had formed; some of the edifices being highly ornamented; and a general air of grandeur prevailing, as in the towns of Italy; where, from the manner

(1) See the Vignette to this Chapter, from an original Drawing made upon the spot by the Rev. E. V. Blomfield, M. 4. of Emmanuel College, Cambridge.

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of lodging several families in the same building, CHAP. the houses, in loftiness and magnitude, resemble externally so many palaces.

And now, having brought our readers to ConcludVIENNA, we shall here leave them; pursuing, ing Obserwithout observation, the rest of our journey, through Germany and France, to England. Other writers have anticipated our description of this part of the European Continent; and the SECOND PART of the author's Travels has been already extended to its due length. It shall suffice therefore to add, that, after remaining in Vienna until the middle of July, where we collected many valuable books, and some manuscripts of classic authors, we hastened, by the way of Munich, Augsburg, and Strasburg, to PARIS. PARIS. Here we had an interview with Napoleon Buonaparté. It was granted to us by that extraordinary man, in consequence of the kindness shewn by the author's late brother, Captain George Clarke, when commander of the Braakel, to a part of the French army which he convoyed from Egypt to Marseilles. In Paris we became acquainted with several Members of the Institute; and constantly attended the Public Lectures of

(2) See Vol. V. of these Travels, Chap. I. p. 28. Octavo Edition.

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CHAP. Hauy in MINERALOGY, of Faujas de St. Fond in GEOLOGY, and of Fourcroy in CHEMISTRY. At Paris we were also introduced to the celebrated Werner, during a visit that he made to his rival, Hauy; the French Capital being at that time thronged by men of science from all parts of Europe. After remaining in Paris until the end of September, we set out for Boulogne: and thence sailing to Dover, were once more safely landed in our beloved Country.

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PAGE 106. 1. 12. "This is evidently nothing more than the virga divina," &c.]-Possibly of this nature were the rods of the Egyptians, mentioned in Sacred Scripture. In Exodus (vii. 11, 12.) it is said, that "THE WISE MEN AND THE CAST DOWN EVERY MAN HIS ROD, AND THEY BECAME SERPENTS." They were therefore divining rods and it is to be remarked, that the Caduceus of Hermes is generally represented with two serpents. (See Vignette to Chap. II.) "Itaque VIRGULA DIVINA primò ex incantatorum impuris fontibus defluxisse videtur in metalla." cola de Re Metallicâ, lib. ii. p. 27. Basil, 1657.

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P. 128. 1. 3. "One of Jove's messengers."] In the text of Sophocles, it is made (Aòs äyysλos) Jove's messenger: and the Scholiast considers the bird as the Nightingale. But the Swallow, among all nations, has been superstitiously revered as the Herald of the Sun, and therefore was considered by the Greeks as the Messenger of Apollo; to whom, as to all the principal Deities, the name of Jove was applicable. It is to the same Deity, by the name of Apollo, that Electra addresses herself, "Αναξ "Απολλον (ver. 1993), ὦ Λύκει ̓ Απολλον (ver. 1396), as tutelary God of Mycena: and the lamentation of this bird for Itys, who was the son of Progne, clearly proves it to have been the Swallow.