. History of Rome and the Roman people, from its origin to the establishment of the Christian empire . are imhealthy jiools ; and a learned Rvocclii, Dello stato fislro del Miolii di Uriiiia. Capo di is tlic part of tlie.\ppian Hoad, wlure is the tomb of Crecilia Mettlla, the fi-ipzc of wliicli licais heads of oxen,in rpiiiembrance of the sacrifices made before tlie tomb. ?? The season of [Malaria] fever [typhoid, now so comiiioii, is apparently a new scourne tothe city, arising from modern —Ed,] extends from .Inne to ()(lol)er. Horace especiallydreaded tlie autumn (Or/. II. xiv.
. History of Rome and the Roman people, from its origin to the establishment of the Christian empire . are imhealthy jiools ; and a learned Rvocclii, Dello stato fislro del Miolii di Uriiiia. Capo di is tlic part of tlie.\ppian Hoad, wlure is the tomb of Crecilia Mettlla, the fi-ipzc of wliicli licais heads of oxen,in rpiiiembrance of the sacrifices made before tlie tomb. ?? The season of [Malaria] fever [typhoid, now so comiiioii, is apparently a new scourne tothe city, arising from modern —Ed,] extends from .Inne to ()(lol)er. Horace especiallydreaded tlie autumn (Or/. II. xiv. 15; fiaf. II. vi. 10; see also Ep. I. vii. 5i. .M. Colin, tliecliief physician of the French army, altriliutes the malaria in the Campafjna di lloiiia less to theefHuvia of tlie marslies, since the Pontine marshes do not reach so far. than to the exhalationsfrom a soil, very fertile, and unlilled. under a sky of fiery heat durinff the day time, from .Inlyto October, and comparatively very moist and cold during the nifflit. (Traiti dcs fievrcKintermittcnten, If 70.] )Q llll,llllll llll II IM. So THE GEOGRAPHY OF ITALY. XXXV mail, Brocelii, attributes to the iufliieuee of the aria cattiva,the gloomy, violent, and irritable temper of those who carry intheir veins the germs of the fever of the Maremma. This hasbeen noticed by all travellers; while, nudcr a beantifnl sky, andon tlio shore of tlie bright sea of the Gnlf of Xai»les, the peopleare merry, playful, and noisy, the people of Rome, on the otherhand, in the midst of their majestic and stern coimtry, aregloomy, silent, and prompt with the knife. We shall find thisharshness of character running throngh the whole history ofEome, for thongh man may call himself inttdligent and free,the surrounding influences of nature impress their mark uponhim, and for the majority this mark is indelible. We might assert the same influences for all animals alike;for the buflaloes and great oxen with formidable horns, whichwander about the c
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