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C.2ERE OB AGYLLA. 347
his treasure trove en masse, as it had done before
from General Galassi, and I believe the purchase
was completed, in which case future travellers may
contemplate at ease all the objects which were found
there in some other rich compartment of the Museo
Gregoriano. On this day, however, the greater
part of them were still safe in Calabrese's own house,
and the Arciprete, who knew him well, offered to
take us to see them.
There were three or more tumuli beyond Cala-
brese's; and as they were all in the same condi-
tion, we did not waste our time in a fruitless
examination of them, but crossed Mount Regu-
lini once more, to the style by which Ave had en-
tered it. There were pieces of broken pottery,
both red and black, lying about in all directions, the
fragments of common wine and oil vessels which
had been extracted from these numerous graves.
We saw specimens of them in the Arciprete's garden >
some are of immense size, and all are large, with two
handles, and peaked bottoms for sticking them into
the ground. The form may be seen upon the
scarabei. The Arciprete's were all of coarse clay,
and were most, if not all of them, painted in black,
red, yellow, and blue lines, which went round them
in circles or in Vandykes, and upon the central part
were large fish resembling the paintings we had
found at Veii. There are some Egyptian vases in
the British Museum so like what we saw at Caere,
that were they placed together, I do not think it would
be possible to distinguish between them. I remarked
that those belonging to the Arciprete faded exceed-
his treasure trove en masse, as it had done before
from General Galassi, and I believe the purchase
was completed, in which case future travellers may
contemplate at ease all the objects which were found
there in some other rich compartment of the Museo
Gregoriano. On this day, however, the greater
part of them were still safe in Calabrese's own house,
and the Arciprete, who knew him well, offered to
take us to see them.
There were three or more tumuli beyond Cala-
brese's; and as they were all in the same condi-
tion, we did not waste our time in a fruitless
examination of them, but crossed Mount Regu-
lini once more, to the style by which Ave had en-
tered it. There were pieces of broken pottery,
both red and black, lying about in all directions, the
fragments of common wine and oil vessels which
had been extracted from these numerous graves.
We saw specimens of them in the Arciprete's garden >
some are of immense size, and all are large, with two
handles, and peaked bottoms for sticking them into
the ground. The form may be seen upon the
scarabei. The Arciprete's were all of coarse clay,
and were most, if not all of them, painted in black,
red, yellow, and blue lines, which went round them
in circles or in Vandykes, and upon the central part
were large fish resembling the paintings we had
found at Veii. There are some Egyptian vases in
the British Museum so like what we saw at Caere,
that were they placed together, I do not think it would
be possible to distinguish between them. I remarked
that those belonging to the Arciprete faded exceed-