^{page 442 note 1} Some or all of these are copies of the rolls (Greek and Latin) opened by Sir Humphry Davy in 1818. Whether they are unique, or whether there exist duplicate copies at Naples has not been ascertained. Specimens of a few may be seen in the volume of the Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society for 1821.

^{page 442 note 2} His text has been considerably improved by Mr. Robinson Ellis in the Journal of Philology, 1887. I hear that the Clarendon Press is about to publish copperplate impressions of these 8 pages, along with some pages of a Greek roll, containing the fourth book of Philodemus' treatise on Death (πɛρ Θαντον).

^{page 444 note 1} The same author tells us (6, 181) that Nero planned an expedition against Aethiopia and sent an exploring party to examine the country.