. Tour to the sepulchres of Etruria, in 1839. ngs in certain relations andpositions; for instance, in the picture of a race,blue misht be the colour used to mark the winning:horse. The colours are decaying, but the outline iseasily made out, for it has been traced prior topainting upon the sand which covers the tufo the upper end two figures of unequal size arerepresented, and one of them is making an offeringto a divinity. They have a stiff Egyptian the door, on each side of it, are a sea-horseand a dolphin. There were more figures and occu-pations in this grotto, and I regr
. Tour to the sepulchres of Etruria, in 1839. ngs in certain relations andpositions; for instance, in the picture of a race,blue misht be the colour used to mark the winning:horse. The colours are decaying, but the outline iseasily made out, for it has been traced prior topainting upon the sand which covers the tufo the upper end two figures of unequal size arerepresented, and one of them is making an offeringto a divinity. They have a stiff Egyptian the door, on each side of it, are a sea-horseand a dolphin. There were more figures and occu-pations in this grotto, and I regret not to give abetter description, but I dare not trust my memoryfurther.* Our next visit was to the GROTTA DELLE ISCRIZIONI, DISCOVERED IN 1828, so called on account of a great number of inscrip-tions in the Etruscan language, which are to beseen on the walls, and which give it much additional * Sir William (Jell says tliat in one ofthe tombs there is a paint-ing of riding at the ring, and tin- game of singlestick. They maypossibly be
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