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APPENDIX.
I have much satisfaction in being able to com-
municate to the reader the following details with
respect to the recent discoveries made at Athens,
and the present condition of that capital, from a
letter written by Charles Holte Bracebridge, Esq.,
which reached me after the preceding sheets had
gone to the press.
My Dear Sib,
My answer to your inquiries as to the newly-
discovered objects of interest at Athens, will not, I fear,
give any high idea of the exertions which have been
made, or the success which has rewarded them. Here,
indeed, these discoveries are hailed with delight, not
only for their own importance, but as the firstfruits of
a rich harvest;—here, too, where the difficulty of digging
down even to the surface of the earth is seen, and the
small sums which can be appropriated to research, known,
every allowance is made. Nor do we expect, after so
many eras of pillage as Athens has passed through, to
come at once upon such treasures as have been raised
I have much satisfaction in being able to com-
municate to the reader the following details with
respect to the recent discoveries made at Athens,
and the present condition of that capital, from a
letter written by Charles Holte Bracebridge, Esq.,
which reached me after the preceding sheets had
gone to the press.
My Dear Sib,
My answer to your inquiries as to the newly-
discovered objects of interest at Athens, will not, I fear,
give any high idea of the exertions which have been
made, or the success which has rewarded them. Here,
indeed, these discoveries are hailed with delight, not
only for their own importance, but as the firstfruits of
a rich harvest;—here, too, where the difficulty of digging
down even to the surface of the earth is seen, and the
small sums which can be appropriated to research, known,
every allowance is made. Nor do we expect, after so
many eras of pillage as Athens has passed through, to
come at once upon such treasures as have been raised