THE EGYPTIAN OBELISK,

which has on it the inscription ANTONINUS OSIRIS ORACLE (Utterer of

truth). It was brought by Hadrian from Egypt, and erected by himself

and his wife Sabina to his favourite Antinoüs, in the Varianus Circus,

amidst which ruins, near S. Croce in Gerusalemme, outside the walls,

it was found.

_Passing out of the grounds by the road that runs parallel to the

city, on our left is_

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