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120 DESCRIPTION OF
the figure behind him dark-coloured, or per-
haps green.
The robe of Leda was, at one time, green
lined with blue, and the robe of Tyndareus
was black; but even the red changes to
black, and the red to yellow, according to its
exposure to rain, sun, or damp. The three
children sitting in their nest, and the mother
playing with them as with birds, is a novel
conceit, and has a pretty effect. Tyndareus
does not regard them with more than a com-
placent look. The mountains in the distance
end somewhat abruptly behind the square
pier in the centre.
The Plate is filled up, above and below,
with the specimen of the city wall, as pre-
served in a mosaic pavement at Pompeii.
That this species of tower, wall, battlements,
and gate was not very different from some
which then existed may be presumed. In-
deed parts of the walls of Rome are not very
dissimilar. The pavement is in the house
called that of the Wild Boar, or Cinghiale.
the figure behind him dark-coloured, or per-
haps green.
The robe of Leda was, at one time, green
lined with blue, and the robe of Tyndareus
was black; but even the red changes to
black, and the red to yellow, according to its
exposure to rain, sun, or damp. The three
children sitting in their nest, and the mother
playing with them as with birds, is a novel
conceit, and has a pretty effect. Tyndareus
does not regard them with more than a com-
placent look. The mountains in the distance
end somewhat abruptly behind the square
pier in the centre.
The Plate is filled up, above and below,
with the specimen of the city wall, as pre-
served in a mosaic pavement at Pompeii.
That this species of tower, wall, battlements,
and gate was not very different from some
which then existed may be presumed. In-
deed parts of the walls of Rome are not very
dissimilar. The pavement is in the house
called that of the Wild Boar, or Cinghiale.