Two terminal heads of the bearded _Bacchus_—both of them of remarkable beauty—were obtained in 1771 from the site of Baiæ. These were found by labourers who were digging a deep trench for the renewal of a vineyard, and were seen by Mr. ADAIR, who was then making an excursion from Naples. In the same year the statue of _Ceres_ and that of a _Faun_ (_A. M._, ii, 24) were purchased from the Collection in the Macarani Palace at Rome. In 1772 the _Diana Venatrix_ and the _Bacchus and Ampelus_ were found near La Storta. It was by no fault of TOWNELEY’S that the _Diana_ was in part ‘restored,’ and that blunderingly. He thought restoration to be, in some cases, permissible; but never deceptively; never when doubt existed about the missing part. In art, as in life, he clave to his heraldic motto ‘_Tenez le vrai_.’ In 1771, also, the famous ‘_Clytie_’—doubtfully so called—was purchased from the Laurenzano Collection at Naples. The curious scenic figure on a plinth (_A. M._, part x) together with many minor pieces of sculpture, were found in the Fonseca Villa on the Cælian Hill in 1773. In the same year many purchases were made from the Mattei Collection at Rome. Amongst these are the heads of _Marcus Aurelius_ and of _Lucius Verus_. And it was at this period that Gavin HAMILTON began his productive researches amidst the ruins of the villa of Antoninus Pius at Monte Cagnolo, near the ancient Lanuvium. This is a spot both memorable and beautiful. The hill lies on the road between Genzano and Civita Lavinia. It commands a wide view over Velletri and the sea. To HAMILTON and his associates it proved one of the richest mines of ancient art which they had the good fortune to light upon. Mr. TOWNELEY’S share in the spoil of Monte Cagnolo comprised the group of _Victory sacrificing a Bull_; the _Actæon_; a _Faun_; a Bacchanalian vase illustrative of the _Dionysia_; and several other works of great beauty. The undraped _Venus_ was found—also by Gavin HAMILTON—at Ostia, in 1775. [Sidenote: THE ACQUISITION OF THE ‘TOWNELEY VENUS.’]