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declares her rank. Legend " Rozozi," " Lady of the Spring." Eed and white Agate.
P. 76. Scipio the Elder, wearing the Cudo leather skullcap, to conceal his baldness. Sard.
P. 81. Marine Cupids : one bestriding a dolphin, the other holds up the tail of a second fish to catch the breeze. Eed Jasper.
P. 92. Proserpine: perfect Greek style. Sardoine.
P.
99. Capricorn conjoined with Scorpio, carrying a legionary standard.
The former being the badge of the second Augustan Legion, the latter
the tutela of Mars ; it may reasonably be inferred that this
was the seal-device of some officer in that corps ; who thus courted
the favour of the general and particular patrons of the service.
Sardoine.
P.
103. Marine genius, wielding the trident of Neptune, and mounted on "
tyrannus—Hesperiaa Capricornus undas," whose influence must have been
specially felt by the coral-fishers. Sard.
P.
122. Cupid peering into a huge crater whence escapes a spectre-skeleton
; an enigmatical device, perhaps typical of the antagonism of the
Principles of Nature. Onyx.
P.
126. Drusus Junior: a work in the finest Roman style, and worthy of
Dioscorides, to whose hand it may with some reason be attributed.
Sardoine.
P.
129. Horus, the sun-god, seated on the lotus, emblem of fecundity ;
adored by the cynocephalus, the attribute of the moon. In the field are
seen the solar star, and triangle, symbols of both luminaries. Green
Jasper. (Waterton.)
P. 132. Julia, daughter of Augustus, in the character of Isis. Sardoine.
P. 136. Victory in the car of Ceres, probably allusive to the restoration of Africa to the Empire. Sard.
P. 151. Victorious discobolus, holding the discus and the wand, calamus, ornamented with ribbons, in use for
