His writings are nearly extinct, and are for the most part of a very
immoral kind. He wrote some verses against Philadelphus Ptolemy, and
was, in consequence, put into a cage of lead and thrown into the sea.

K.K.

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MANNERS & CUSTOMS OF ALL NATIONS.


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THE GENOESE.[1]

(_For the Mirror._)


[1] The intelligent friend from whose conversation the writer
gleaned the following account, has resided three years in Genoa,
and therefore is fully competent to speak of the customs of its
inhabitants. This paper is derived from the same source as that
entitled "_A Recent Visit to Pompeii_."--Vide MIRROR, vol xiii
p. 276.

The Genoese women, are almost without exception _beautiful_, and many of
them retain their loveliness for a longer period than is usual in warm