APDDETONATNOFS- 483 Üint;

rat NoTEr XXIL.--PoRTLAND VasE 4| IT5 figures do not allude to private hiſtory; they re- 2 preſent a part of the Eleuſinian myſtcries; marriage of as Cupid and Piyche; proceſſion of torches; the figures in 4; one compartment repreſent MogTaL Lips in the at of expiring, and HUMANKIND attending to her with con- cern; Adam and Eve hieroglyphic figures; Abel and om| Cain other hieroglyphic figures; on the other compart- 078| ment 15 repreſented IMMoRTAL Lirg, the Manes or Uma| Ghoſt deſcending into Elyſium is led on by Divine heren| T.oVE, and received by IMMoRTAaL Lies, and conduted 3, 3( to Pluto; Trees of Life and Knowledge are emblema- ONn-0Le; tical; the figure at the bottom is of Ktis) Ine AFI ereat

| Hierophant, or teacher of myſteries.

NOTE YOGI ZZGDAL: A FouNTAaIn of foſſile tar in Shropſhire; has been diſtilled from the coal-beds beneath, and conde

nſed in the cavities of a ſand-rock; the coal beneath is deprived iv es.| of its bitumen in part; bitumen ſüblimed at Matlock into cavities lined with ſpar. 2. Coal has been Expoſed to heat; woody fibres and vegetable ſeeds in coal at Bovey and Poleſworth; upper part of coal-beds more

DItTU- minous at Beaudeſert; thin ſtratum of alphaltum near

1; aur Caulk; upper part of coal-bed worſe at Alſreton; UPPper orm 1 ſtratum of no value at Widdri: ngton; alum at Weſt- ie Cale Hallum; at Bilſton. 3.Coal at Coalbrooke-Dale has been „afin u immerſed in the ſea, ſhewn R ſea-ihe 115; ZUMANK SH ONENIO= lence in the colliery at Mendip and at Ticknal; Lead ore | 112 um ME H HEREIRRE NR EEN EEE EEE EGIT HBE ON Alts. 4 uakbaatülben 4 22h 02 Wake MB 545