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TAKQUINIA.
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cause elephants were first introduced into Italy by
Pyrrhus, at which time the Tarquinians assisted the
Romans against them. These animals, being wholly
unknown, were called by them "Boves Lucas," as
being first seen at the battle of the Siris in Luca-
nia; and I feel no doubt that the man in whose
tomb the painting was found was the captain of the
Tarquinian band upon that field.
The sketch of the cone at Tarquinia is the exact
form of the present shepherd's hut, so often seen in
the environs of Rome, and is what I meant when I
said at Veii, that their huts were the living repre-
sentations of many an ancient grave.
253
cause elephants were first introduced into Italy by
Pyrrhus, at which time the Tarquinians assisted the
Romans against them. These animals, being wholly
unknown, were called by them "Boves Lucas," as
being first seen at the battle of the Siris in Luca-
nia; and I feel no doubt that the man in whose
tomb the painting was found was the captain of the
Tarquinian band upon that field.
The sketch of the cone at Tarquinia is the exact
form of the present shepherd's hut, so often seen in
the environs of Rome, and is what I meant when I
said at Veii, that their huts were the living repre-
sentations of many an ancient grave.