the highest part of the 13 50 Janiculum hill, and Dominica Fontana, and Carlo Mederno, furnished the designs for its construction. The front is adorned with six Ionic columns of red granite, on which an attic has a tablet containing an inscription with the pontiff's arms placed above it. Between the columns the spaces are open, and from these arcades the currents of water flow with a loud noise, and in great abundance. The apertures on the sides are smaller than the others, and in each of those is placed a dragon spouting water into the spacious magnifi- cent marble basin below. This fountain is furnished with water by the Aqueduct called Aqua Paolo ; and it runs from the basin, in a very large stream into several canals, whence it is employed to work various corn, paper, and other mills, as well as to supply fountains and fish-ponds in the gardens and palaces of the opulent." " Near to the baths of Dioclesian, and in the square of the Termini, stands the fountain of the Aqua Felice. The edifice is not only elegant but fanciful, and it has three ar- cades ornamented with four Ionic columns of granite. The middle arcade has a colossal statue of Moses, causing the water to issue from the rock ; and at the sides are two basso relievos, one representing Aaron leading the Israelites to the miraculous spring, and the other Gideon selecting the sol- diers to enlarge the passage for the water, which flows in great abundance through three apertures into marble basins. The sides are adorned by four marble lions, with the water issuing from their mouths : two of these are formed of white Grecian marble, and the other two of black granite. The latter are Egyptian workmanship, and covered with hiero- 51 glyphics. This noble fountain was erected from a design of Cav. Fontana ; by the order of Pope Sixtus V., and its sup- ply of water is obtained twenty-two miles from the city." " Another of these fine structures is that called the Foun- tain of Trevi, in which boldness of design, and elegance of architecture are admirably united. The erection of this very magnificent edifice commenced during the pontificate of Clement XII., who repaired the Aqueducts. Niccolo Salvi designed the grand front, but the work was completed under Clement XIII., who decorated it with statues, basso relievos in marble, and different columns of the Corinthian, Ionic, and Composite orders. In the centre is a statue re- presenting Oceanus, standing in a car, drawn by two large sea-horses, guided by Tritons. One of the horses appears furious and impatient, whilst, on the contrary, the other is exhibited as calm and placid, so that both are symbolical of the tempestuous or tranquil state of the sea. ' Bounding to light, as if from ocean's cave, The struggling sea-horse paws the lucid wave, While health and plenty smile, and Neptune's form Majestic sways the trident of the storm.' "A statue, designating Abundance, is placed at the right of Oceanus, and on the left another emblematical of Health. The basso relievo, which adorns the right side, portrays the Emperor Trajan, contemplating a plan of the fountain ; and that on the left exhibits a girl showing to some soldiers, the spring that supplies it with water. Various other sculptures decorate this superb edifice ; and at the top of the principal 52 front are two figures of Fame, supporting the arms of the Pope. Its supply of water is furnished by the Aqua Vir- gini, and it flows in very large streams from three arcades. The cost of constructing this splendid and useful fountain was great ; but it ranks among the most interesting objects conspicuously embellishing the city of Rome." " The Piazza Novana has a very noble fountain standing in its centre. It is composed of a large circular marble basin 79 feet in diameter, in the middle of which is placed a rock of square form with apertures at the sides. The figure of a lion adorns one side, and that of a sea-horse another. From the base to the top of the rock, the height is about 14 feet ; and on its summit stands an Egyptian obelisk formed of red granite, 55 feet in height, and covered with hieroglyphics. At the four sides of the rock are colossal marble statues, which designate the four great rivers in dif- ferent quarters of the world : viz. the Danube, the Nile, the Ganges, and the Plata : and from these statues the water flows in copious streams to the spacious basin below. ' The Nile and Ganges from the silver tide : La Plata too, and Danube's streams unite Their liquid treasures, copious, clear and bright.' "