The number of these towers anciently, as well as of the towers springing from them, must have been prodigious, as Agrippa alone, if we may believe Pliny, erected one hundred and thirty of the former, and opened one hundred and five of the latter, and adorned them with three hundred brass and marble statues. The modern Romans, though inferior in numbers and opulence to their ancestors, have shown equal taste and spirit in this respect, and deserve a just eulogium, not only for having procured an abundance of water, but for the splendid and truly imperial style, in which it is poured forth for public use in the different quarters of the city. Almost every square has its fountains, and almost every fountain has some peculiarity in its size, form, or situation, to attract attention. The three principal, however, will suffice to give the reader an idea of the variety and of the beauty of such edifices. " The Fontana Felice, in the Piazzi dei Termini,on the Viminal Mount deserves to be mentioned first, because first erected. Aqua Claudia drawn from the It is supplied by the

Alban, or rather Tusculan hills, and conveyed to Rome by channels under, and aqueducts above, ground, some of which are ancient, and some modern. It discharges itself through a rock, under an Ionic arcade built of white stone, and faced with marbfe. It is adorned

by several gigantic statues, the principal of which represents Moses striking the rock whence the water issues. On the one side, Aaron conducts the Israelites on the other, Gideon leads his chosen soldiers to the brink of the torrent below, four lions, two of ;