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water. They then roll down the side of the moun-
tain, turn several mills as they descend, and sup-
ply numberless reservoirs in the plain along’ the
sides of the river, and even beyond it in the
Campus Martins. The lofty situation of this
fountain renders it a conspicuous object to all the
opposite hills. The trees that line its sides and
wave to the eye through its arches, shed an un-
usual beauty around it; and the immense basin
which it replenishes gives it the appearance, not
of the contrivance of human ingenuity, but al-
most the creation of enchantment.
In the Piazza di Trevi (in Triviis) on a rough
and broken rock, rises a palace adorned with
Corinthian pilasters, and supported in the centre
by Corinthian pillars. It is ornamented with
statues representing’ the salubrity and fertilizing
powers of the waters; the beneficent Naid herself
holds a conspicuous place among them, and seems
to behold with complacency the profusion of her
springs. In the middle of the edifice between the
columns, under a rich arch stands Neptune on his
car, in a majestic attitude as if commanding the
rocks to open before and the waters to swell around
him. Two sea-horses conducted by two Tritons
drag the chariot of the god, and emerging from
the caverns of the rock, shake the brine from their
manes; while the obedient waves burst forth in
torrents on all sides, roar down the clefts of the
CLASSICAL TOUR
Ch.L
water. They then roll down the side of the moun-
tain, turn several mills as they descend, and sup-
ply numberless reservoirs in the plain along’ the
sides of the river, and even beyond it in the
Campus Martins. The lofty situation of this
fountain renders it a conspicuous object to all the
opposite hills. The trees that line its sides and
wave to the eye through its arches, shed an un-
usual beauty around it; and the immense basin
which it replenishes gives it the appearance, not
of the contrivance of human ingenuity, but al-
most the creation of enchantment.
In the Piazza di Trevi (in Triviis) on a rough
and broken rock, rises a palace adorned with
Corinthian pilasters, and supported in the centre
by Corinthian pillars. It is ornamented with
statues representing’ the salubrity and fertilizing
powers of the waters; the beneficent Naid herself
holds a conspicuous place among them, and seems
to behold with complacency the profusion of her
springs. In the middle of the edifice between the
columns, under a rich arch stands Neptune on his
car, in a majestic attitude as if commanding the
rocks to open before and the waters to swell around
him. Two sea-horses conducted by two Tritons
drag the chariot of the god, and emerging from
the caverns of the rock, shake the brine from their
manes; while the obedient waves burst forth in
torrents on all sides, roar down the clefts of the