beyond all credibility; for the amphora was nearly equal to nine gallons,
English measure. The probability is, that the man had emptied a large
vessel, which was shaped like an amphora.

[344] Capri, the luxurious retreat and scene of the debaucheries of the
Roman emperors, is an island off the southern point of the bay of Naples,
about twelve miles in circumference.

[345] Pan, the god of the shepherds, and inventor of the flute, was said
to be the son of Mercury and Penelope. He was worshipped chiefly in
Arcadia, and represented with the horns and feet of a goat. The Nymphs,
as well as the Graces, were represented naked.

[346] The name of the island having a double meaning, and signifying
also a goat.

[347] "Quasi pueros primae teneritudinis, quos 'pisciculos' vocabat,
institueret, ut natanti sibi inter femina versarentur, ac luderent:
lingua morsuque sensim appetentes; atque etiam quasi infantes firmiores,
necdum tamen lacte depulsos, inguini ceu papillae admoveret: pronior sane
ad id genus libidinis, et natura et aetate."

[348] "Foeminarum capitibus solitus illudere."

[349] "Obscoenitate oris hirsuto atque olido."

[350] "Hircum vetulum capreis naturam ligurire"

[351] The Temple of Vesta, like that dedicated to the same goddess at
Tivoli, is round. There was probably one on the same site, and in the