The surplus water not used for the supply of the fountain flows down the mountain-side forming a beautiful cascade.

The cities of Europe abound in fountains which in their

arrangement furnish beautiful designs and are ornamented with specimens of workmanship displaying much skill and refinement of taste : a minute description of them would, however, occupy too much space, and since we have had our attention drawn (on the subject of Aqueducts) more particularly to the works of the Romans, we will revert to the

Fountains of Rome.

" If during the most distinguished eras of the Roman state, the Aqueducts conduced to the luxurious enjoyments of the wealthy and powerful, yet in modern times, the residents of Rome have also found them particularly advantageous, by their furnishing occasions for the cultivation of those elegant arts, which, in a peculiar manner, call forth the energies of genius, and the exercise of refined taste, in realizing and decorating her productions, dualities of this kind appear conspicuous in several of the numerous fountains which adorn that celebrated city ; and the most intellectual and accomplished professors of sculpture and architecture, have happily united beauty and grandeur in the construction of many such admirable edifices. These structures are also characterized by great diversity of design, as well as skilful execution ; hence, a concise description of several of them may be interesting."

" The largest structure of this kind in Rome, is that denominated the Pauline Fountain, which was built by order of Pope Paul V., with the materials of Nerva's Forum. This spacious edifice is situate on the highest part of the